The relationship between long-term sunlight radiation and cognitive decline in the REGARDS cohort study

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 361-370

  Kent, Shia T ^a   Kabagambe, Edmond K ^a   Wadley, Virginia G ^b   Howard, Virginia J ^a   Crosson, William L ^c   Al Hamdan, Mohammad Z ^c   Judd, Suzanne E ^a   Peace, Fredrick ^a   McClure, Leslie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Cognition; Remote sensing technology; Sunlight; Temperature; Weather

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CLIMATE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOLAR ENERGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WEATHER;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLIMATE; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 84896402698     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-013-0631-5     Document Type: Article

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