Incidence and risk factors for cognitive impairment in rural elderly populations in Costa Rica

Risk factors for the onset of cognitive impairment in Costa Rica are not well understood, despite a substantial elderly population stemming from a higher than average life expectancy for the western hemisphere. To investigate the risk factors that predict the onset of cognitive impairment in the rur...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey L. Nadel, Diana Ulate
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2014-09-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442014000300003&lng=en&tlng=en