Associations between social networks, social contacts, and cognitive function among Chinese nonagenarians/centenarians

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 522-527

  Wang, Binyou ^a,b   He, Ping ^c   Dong, Birong ^a,d  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Second People's Hospital of Chengdu   (China)

^c Third People's Hospital of Chengdu   (China)

^d The Center of Coordination and Innovation for Aging Care and Health Promotion of Sichuan   (China)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Mini Mental state examination; Nonagenarians and centenarians; Social contacts; Social networks

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVORCED PERSON; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATED PERSON; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; VERY ELDERLY; WIDOWED PERSON; AGING; CHINA; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHINA; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84926517323     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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