The role of midlife occupational complexity and leisure activity in late-life cognition

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 314-321

  Andel, Ross ^a,b   Silverstein, Merril ^c   Kareholt, Ingemar ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Advanced old age; Cognition; Leisure activity; Midlife; Work complexity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84924345384     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu110     Document Type: Article

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