Open AccessSocial Network, Cognitive Function, and Dementia Incidence Among Elderly Women
Author(s) -
Valerie Crooks,
James E. Lubben,
Diana B. Petitti,
Deborah M. Little,
Vicki Chiu
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.115923
Subject(s) - dementia , gerontology , hazard ratio , cognition , telephone interview , medicine , proportional hazards model , incidence (geometry) , social network (sociolinguistics) , confidence interval , psychology , psychiatry , disease , social science , physics , sociology , political science , law , optics , social media
We examined whether social networks had a protective association with incidence of dementia among elderly women.