The healthy migrant effect may confound the link between bilingualism and delayed onset of Alzheimer's disease

Cortex

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 128-130

  Fuller Thomson, Esme ^a   Kuh, Diana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BILINGUALISM; CAUCASIAN; COGNITIVE RESERVE; COMPREHENSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JAPANESE; MIGRATION; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIST; NOTE; ONSET AGE; READING; SELF REPORT; DEMENTIA; IMMIGRANT; MIGRANT;

AGE OF ONSET; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMANS; MULTILINGUALISM; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84896737899     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.08.009     Document Type: Note

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