Community environment, cognitive impairment and dementia in later life: Results from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1005-1011

  Wu, Yu Tzu ^a   Prina, A Matthew ^b   Jones, Andrew P ^c   Barnes, Linda E ^a   Matthews, Fiona E ^d   Brayne, Carolon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognitive impairment; dementia; neighbourhood community environment; older people

Indexed keywords

AGING; AREA DEPRIVATION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CRIME; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84947712113     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv137     Document Type: Article

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