Stress, race, and APOE: Understanding the interplay of risk factors for changes in cognitive functioning

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 784-791

  Sheffler, Julia ^a   Moxley, Jerad ^a   Sachs Ericsson, Natalie ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; APOE; Environment; Memory; Stress

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

AGED; AGING; APOE; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGING; APOE; ENVIRONMENT; MEMORY; STRESS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; COGNITION DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84902540207     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2014.880403     Document Type: Article

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