Recent publications on Aging & Geriatrics
Graves AB, Mortimer JA, Kramer J, Rice MM, Chinn N, Larson EB. Head size as a risk factor for cognitive impairment in elderly Japanese-Americans. Neurobiol Aging. 1994;15 (Suppl):574. PubMed
McCormick WC, Uomoto J, Graves AB, Packard NJ, Haug JA, Larson EB. Attitudes of elderly Japanese Americans about nursing homes: Preliminary results. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1994;42:SA74. PubMed
Deyo RA, Ciol MA, Cherkin DC, Loeser JD, Bigos SJ. Lumbar spinal fusion. A cohort study of complications, reoperations, and resource use in the Medicare population. Spine. 1993;18(11):1463-70. PubMed
Seeman TE, Berkman LF, Kohout F, Lacroix A, Glynn R, Blazer D. Intercommunity variations in the association between social ties and mortality in the elderly: a comparative analysis of three communities. Am J Epidemiol. 1993;3(4):325-35. PubMed
Bowen JD, Larson EB. Drug-induced cognitive impairment. Defining the problem and finding solutions. Drugs Aging. 1993;3(4):349-57. PubMed
Grembowski D, Patrick D, Diehr P, Durham M, Beresford S, Kay E, Hecht J. Self-efficacy and health behavior among older adults. J Health Soc Behav. 1993;34(2):89-104. PubMed
Schaie KW. The Seattle Longitudinal Study: a thirty-five-year inquiry of adult intellectual development. Z Gerontol. 1993;26(3):129-37. PubMed
Guralnik JM, LaCroix AZ, Abbott RD, Berkman LF, Satterfield S, Evans DA, Wallace RB. Maintaining mobility in late life. I. Demographic characteristics and chronic conditions. Am J Epidemiol. 1993;137(8):845-57. PubMed
LaCroix AZ, Guralnik JM, Berkman LF, Wallace RB, Satterfield S. Maintaining mobility in late life. II. Smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, and body mass index. Am J Epidemiol. 1993;137(8):858-69. PubMed
Buchner DM, Cress ME, Wagner EH, de Lateur BJ, Price R, Abrass IB. The Seattle FICSIT/MOVEIT Study: the effect of exercise on gait and balance in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1993;41(3):321-5. PubMed
Wagner EH, LaCroix AZ, Grothaus LC, Hecht JA. Responsiveness of health status measures to change among older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1993;41(3):241-8. PubMed
Grossmann A, Kukull WA, Jinneman JC, Bird TD, Villacres EC, Larson EB, Rabinovitch PS. Intracellular calcium response is reduced in CD4+ lymphocytes in Alzheimer's disease and in older persons with Down's syndrome. Neurobiol Aging. 1993;14(2):177-85. PubMed
Schaie KW, Willis SL. Age difference patterns of psychometric intelligence in adulthood: generalizability within and across ability domains. Psychol Aging. 1993;8(1):44-55. PubMed
Brenner DE, Kukull WA, van Belle G, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, Teri L, Larson EB. Relationship between cigarette smoking and Alzheimer's disease in a population-based case-control study. Neurology. 1993;43(2):293-300. PubMed
Larson EB. Illnesses causing dementia in the very elderly. N Engl J Med. 1993;328(3):203-5. PubMed
Clark D, Maddox G, Steinhauser K. Race, aging and functional health. Journal of Aging and Health. 1993;5:537-54. PubMed
Buchner DM, Cress ME, de Lateur BJ, Wagner EH. Variability in the effect of strength training on skeletal muscle strength in older adults. Facts and Research in Gerontology. 1993;7:143-53. PubMed
Clark DO. Volume and distribution of AAA sponsored services and service use by disabled older adults. Home Health Care Serv Q. 1993;14(2-3):175-98. PubMed
Larson EB, Bowen JD, McCormick WC. Dementia. In Office Practice of Medicine, edited by Branch WT, Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 743-750, 1993. PubMed
Graves AB, Larson EB, Kukull WA, White LR, Teng EL. Screening for dementia in the community in cross-national studies: Comparison between the cognitive abilities screening instrument and the mini-mental state examination. In Alzheimer’s Disease: Advances in Clinical and Basic Research, edited by Corain B, Iqbal K, Nicolini M, Winblad B, Wisniewski H, Zatta P. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1993. PubMed
