Recent publications on Aging & Geriatrics

Jarvik GP, Schellenberg GD, Larson EB, Kukull WA, Wijsman EM. Interactions of ApoE genotype, cholesterol level, age, and sex in prediction of Alzheimer disease. Genetic Epidemiol. 1993;10:337. PubMed

Elward KS, Wagner EH, Larson EB. Participation by sedentary elderly persons in an exercise promotion session. Fam Med. 1992;24(8):607-12. PubMed

Logsdon RG, Teri L, Larson EB. Driving and Alzheimer's disease. J Gen Intern Med. 1992;7(6):583-8. PubMed

Elward K, Larson E, Wagner E. Factors associated with regular aerobic exercise in an elderly population. J Am Board Fam Pract. 1992;5(5):467-74. PubMed

Salive ME, Cornoni-Huntley J, LaCroix AZ, Ostfeld AM, Wallace RB, Hennekens CH. Predictors of smoking cessation and relapse in older adults. Am J Public Health. 1992;82(9):1268-71. PubMed

Brenner DE, Kukull WA, van Belle G, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, Teri L, Larson EB. The relationship between hypertension and Alzheimer’s disease in a population-based case-control study. Neurobiol Aging. 1992;13 (Suppl):S1-137. PubMed

Scherr PA, LaCroix AZ, Wallace RB, Berkman L, Curb JD, Cornoni-Huntley J, Evans DA, Hennekens CH. Light to moderate alcohol consumption and mortality in the elderly. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1992;40(7):651-7. PubMed

Clark D, Maddox G. Social context and personal expenditures for health care: federal policy and the experience of older adults in the 1970s. Journal of Aging and Social Policy. 1992;4:179-97. PubMed

Hume SK. HMOS' continuum of care. How HMOs target their services to meet the needs of the elderly. Health Prog. 1992;73(5):52-4, 59. PubMed

Welch HG, Walsh JS, Larson EB. The cost of institutional care in Alzheimer's disease: nursing home and hospital use in a prospective cohort. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1992;40(3):221-4. PubMed

Kukull WA, Hinds TR, Schellenberg GD, van Belle G, Larson EB. Increased platelet membrane fluidity as a diagnostic marker for Alzheimer's disease: a test in population-based cases and controls. Neurology. 1992;42(3 Pt 1):607-14. PubMed

Buchner DM, Wagner EH. Preventing frail health. Clin Geriatr Med. 1992;8(1):1-17. PubMed

LaCroix AZ, Omenn GS. Older adults and smoking. Clin Geriatr Med. 1992;8(1):69-87. PubMed

Elward K, Larson EB. Benefits of exercise for older adults. A review of existing evidence and current recommendations for the general population. Clin Geriatr Med. 1992;8(1):35-50. PubMed

Buchner DM, Beresford SA, Larson EB, LaCroix AZ, Wagner EH. Effects of physical activity on health status in older adults. II. Annu Rev Public Health. 1992;13:469-88. PubMed

Leveille SG, LaCroix AZ, Hecht JA, Grothaus LC, Wagner EH. The cost of disability in older women and opportunities for prevention. J Womens Health. 1992;1:53-61. PubMed

Wagner EH, LaCroix AZ, Buchner DM, Larson EB. Effects of physical activity on health status in older adults: I. Observational studies. Annu Rev Public Health. 1992;13:451-68. PubMed

Larson EB, Kukull WA, Katzman RL. Cognitive impairment: dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Annu Rev Public Health. 1992;13:431-49. PubMed

Teng EL, Hasegawa K, Homma A, Yukimichi I, Larson EB, Sasaki H, White LR. A practical test for cross-cultural epidemiological studies of dementia: the cognitive abilities screening instrument (CASI). In: Orimo H, Fukuchi Y, Kuramoto K, Iriki M, editors. New Horizons in Aging Science. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 326-327, 1992. PubMed

Elward K, Larson EB. Benefits of exercise for older adults. In Clinics in Geriatric Medicine (Health Promotion and Disease Prevention), edited by Omenn GS, Larson EB, Wagner EH, Abrass I, Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 8(1):35-50, 1992. PubMed