Fertility History and Cognition in Later Life

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1021-1031

  Read, Sanna L ^a   Grundy, Emily M D ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive functioning; Older age; Parity; Timing of births

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ENGLAND; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARENT; PARITY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; ENGLAND; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARENTS; PARITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85031899574     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbw013     Document Type: Review

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