Impact of offspring death on cognitive health in late life: The cache county study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1307-1315

  Greene, Daylee ^a   Tschanz, Joann T ^a   Smith, Ken R ^b   Østbye, Truls ^c,d   Corcoran, Chris ^a   Welsh Bohmer, Kathleen A ^c   Norton, Maria C ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

apoE; Cognitive decline; psychosocial stress

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENEALOGY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MIDDLE AGED; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OFFSPRING DEATH; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; VITAL STATISTICS; AGE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; GENETICS; LIFE EVENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UTAH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927970848     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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