Jump, Hop, or Skip: Modeling Practice Effects in Studies of Determinants of Cognitive Change in Older Adults

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 302-314

  Vivot, Alexandre ^a,b,c   Power, Melinda C ^d   Glymour, M Maria ^c,e   Mayeda, Elizabeth R ^e   Benitez, Andreana ^f   Spiro, Avron ^g,h   Manly, Jennifer J ⁱ   Proust Lima, Cécile ^a,b   Dufouil, Carole ^a,b   Gross, Alden L ^d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; cognitive change; longitudinal research; practice effects

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH RISK; POPULATION MODELING; RESEARCH WORK; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE AGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNITED STATES; AGING; COGNITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BOURGOGNE; COTE D'OR; DIJON; FRANCE; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON HEIGHTS;

AGING; COGNITION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84959894446     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv212     Document Type: Article

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