Complexity of lifetime occupation and cognitive performance in old age

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 556-562

  Correa Ribeiro, P C ^a   Lopes, C S ^a   Lourenco R A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cognitive performance; Occupation; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATION; OLDER ADULTS.; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGEING; COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATION; OLDER ADULTS.;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84888241169     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqt115     Document Type: Article

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