Retirement and decline in episodic memory: analysis from a prospective study of adults in England.
Background: Work has been associated with cognitive health. We examined whether retirement from work is associated with a decrease in episodic memory and whether this effect differs when considering workers' occupational class.Methods: In this prospective study using the English Longitudinal Study o...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 48; no. 6; pp. 1925 - 1937 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2019
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