Combined impact of smoking and heavy alcohol use on cognitive decline in early old age: Whitehall II prospective cohort study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 120-125

  Hagger Johnson, Gareth ^a   Sabia, Séverine ^a   Brunner, Eric John ^a   Shipley, Martin ^a   Bobak, Martin ^a   Marmot, Michael ^a   Kivimaki, Mika ^a   Singh Manoux, Archana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GLOBAL Z SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENESCENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84881140494     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.122960     Document Type: Article

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