The effect of language skills on dementia in a Swedish longitudinal cohort

Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 190-204

  Ljungberg, Jessica K ^a,b   Hansson, Patrik ^a   Adolfsson, Rolf ^a   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Bilingualism; Cognitive reserve; Dementia; Longitudinal design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969801960     PISSN: 18799264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/lab.14031.lju     Document Type: Article

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