Cognitive functioning and associated factors in older adults in South Africa
SOURCE: South African Journal of Psychiatry
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2012
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Peltzer, N.Phaswana-Mafuya
KEYWORDS: AGEING, COGNITIVE PROCESSES, ELDERLY, HEALTH
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 7475
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3207
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3207
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2012
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Peltzer, N.Phaswana-Mafuya
KEYWORDS: AGEING, COGNITIVE PROCESSES, ELDERLY, HEALTH
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 7475
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3207
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3207
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Abstract
The objective of this article is to investigate the congnitive functioning and associated factors in a national probability sample of older South Africans who participated in the Study of Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) in 2008.-
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