The relationship between midlife and late life alcohol consumption, APOE e4 and the decline in learning and memory among older adults

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-22

  Downer, Brian ^a   Zanjani, Faika ^b   Fardo, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84894079193     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agt144     Document Type: Article

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