Cognitive function, social integration and mortality in a U.S. national cohort study of older adults

BACKGROUND: Prior research suggests an interaction between social networks and Alzheimer's disease pathology and cognitive function, all predictors of survival in the elderly. We test the hypotheses that both social integration and cognitive function are independently associated with subsequent...

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Autores principales: Obisesan, Thomas O, Gillum, RF
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2724371/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19638207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-9-33