Internet use, social engagement and health literacy decline during ageing in a longitudinal cohort of older English adults

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 278-283

  Kobayashi, Lindsay C ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a   von Wagner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTERNET; LITERACY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

COGNITIVE AGING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; UTILIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; COGNITIVE AGING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84924629124     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204733     Document Type: Article

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