Lifetime Occupation and Late-Life Cognitive Performance Among Women

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1346-1356

  Ribeiro, Pricila Cristina Correa ^a   Lourenço, Roberto Alves ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; BRAZIL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAZIL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84947418287     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2015.1083027     Document Type: Article

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