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Social disorder, APOE-E4 genotype, and change in cognitive function among older adults living in Chicago.
Social science & medicine (1982) - 1 May 2012
Boardman Jason D, Barnes Lisa L, Wilson Robert S, Evans Denis A, Mendes de Leon Carlos F
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The goal of this paper is to describe the simultaneous influence of social and genetic risk factors on declines in cognitive functioning among older American adults. We use detailed information about the social characteristics of older adults' neighborhoods from the Chicago Health and Aging Project (n = 1655; ages 65+) in conjunction with information about respondent's APOE genotype to predict changes in...
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