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Individual and Area Level Socioeconomic Status and Its Association with Cognitive Function and Cognitive Impairment (Low MMSE) among Community-Dwelling Elderly in Singapore

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) can affect cognitive function. We assessed cognitive function and cognitive impairment among community-dwelling elderly in a multi-ethnic urban low-SES Asian neighborhood and compared them with a higher-SES neighborhood. METHODS: The study pop...

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Autores principales: Wee, Liang En, Yeo, Wei Xin, Yang, Gui Rong, Hannan, Nazirul, Lim, Kenny, Chua, Christopher, Tan, Mae Yue, Fong, Nikki, Yeap, Amelia, Chen, Lionel, Koh, Gerald Choon-Huat, Shen, Han Ming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3522450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23277785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000345036