Is bilingualism associated with a lower risk of dementia in community-living older adults? cross-sectional and prospective analyses

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 326-332

  Yeung, Caleb M ^a   St John, Philip D ^a   Menec, Verena ^a,b   Tyas, Suzanne L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Multilingualism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BILINGUALISM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY LIVING; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTILINGUALISM; SELF REPORT; SPEECH; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIGRANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84914143174     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000019     Document Type: Article

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