Do economic recessions during early and mid-adulthood influence cognitive function in older age?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 151-158

  Leist, Anja K ^a   Hessel, Philipp ^b   Avendano, Mauricio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84894061573     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-202843     Document Type: Article

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