Recent publications on Aging & Geriatrics

Speck CE, Kukull WA, Brenner DE, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, Teri L, Pfanschmidt ML, Thompson JD, Larson EB. History of depression as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. Epidemiology. 1995;6(4):366-9. PubMed

Snowden MB, Bowen JD, Hughes J, Larson EB. Study of Alzheimer's dementia patients with parkinsonian features. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 1995;8(3):154-8. PubMed

Gruber-Baldini AL, Schaie KW, Willis SL. Similarity in married couples: a longitudinal study of mental abilities and rigidity-flexibility. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1995;69(1):191-203. PubMed

Kukull WA, Larson EB, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, Teri L, Pfanschmidt ML, Thompson JD, O'Meara ES, Brenner DE, van Belle G. Solvent exposure as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease: a case-control study. Am J Epidemiol. 1995;141(11):1059-71; discussion 1072-9. PubMed

Jarvik GP, Wijsman EM, Kukull WA, Schellenberg GD, Yu C, Larson EB. Interactions of apolipoprotein E genotype, total cholesterol level, age, and sex in prediction of Alzheimer's disease: a case-control study. Neurology. 1995;45(6):1092-6. PubMed

Wallace JI, Schwartz RS, LaCroix AZ, Uhlmann RF, Pearlman RA. Involuntary weight loss in elderly outpatients: incidence and clinical significance. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1995;43(4):329-37. PubMed

McCormick WC, Kukull WA, van Belle G, Bowen JD, Teri L, Larson EB. The effect of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease on frequency of physician visits: a case-control study. J Gen Intern Med. 1995;10(4):187-93. PubMed

Fuh JL, Teng EL, Lin KN, Larson EB, Wang SJ, Liu CY, Chou P, Kuo BI, Liu HC. The Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE) as a screening tool for dementia for a predominantly illiterate Chinese population. Neurology. 1995;45(1):92-6. PubMed

Teri L, McCurry SM, Edland SD, Kukull WA, Larson EB. Cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease: a longitudinal investigation of risk factors for accelerated decline. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 1995;50A(1):M49-55. PubMed

Edland SD, Kukull WA, Schellenberg GD, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, Teri L, Larson EB. Apolipoprotein E and rate of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease. Neurology. 1995;45(Suppl 4):A213. PubMed

Morris-Chatta R, Buchner DM, de Lateur BJ, Cress ME, Wagner EH. Isokinetic testing of ankle strength in older adults: assessment of inter-rater reliability and of stability of strength over six months. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1994;75(11):1213-6. PubMed

Wagner EH, LaCroix AZ, Grothaus L, Leveille SG, Hecht JA, Artz K, Odle K, Buchner DM. Preventing disability and falls in older adults: a population-based randomized trial. Am J Public Health. 1994;84(11):1800-6. PubMed

Leveille SG, Buchner DM, Koepsell TD, McCloskey LW, Wolf ME, Wagner EH. Psychoactive medications and injurious motor vehicle collisions involving older drivers. Epidemiology. 1994;5(6):591-8. PubMed

Kukull WA, Larson EB, Teri L, Bowen J, McCormick W, Pfanschmidt ML. The Mini-Mental State Examination score and the clinical diagnosis of dementia. J Clin Epidemiol. 1994;47(9):1061-7. PubMed

Graves AB, Larson EB, White LR, Teng EL, Homma A. Opportunities and challenges in international collaborative epidemiologic research of dementia and its subtypes: studies between Japan and the U.S. Int Psychogeriatr. 1994;6(2):209-23. PubMed

Liu HC, Chou P, Lin KN, Wang SJ, Fuh JL, Lin HC, Liu CY, Wu GS, Larson EB, White LR, et al. Assessing cognitive abilities and dementia in a predominantly illiterate population of older individuals in Kinmen. Psychol Med. 1994;24(3):763-70. PubMed

Koepsell TD, Wolf ME, McCloskey L, Buchner DM, Louie D, Wagner EH, Thompson RS. Medical conditions and motor vehicle collision injuries in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1994;42(7):695-700. PubMed

Pearson DC, Thompson RS. Evaluation of Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound's Senior Influenza Immunization Program. Public Health Rep. 1994;109(4):571-8. PubMed

Kukull WA, Brenner DE, Speck CE, Nochlin D, Bowen J, McCormick W, Teri L, Pfanschmidt ML, Larson EB. Causes of death associated with Alzheimer disease: variation by level of cognitive impairment before death. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1994;42(7):723-6. PubMed

McCloskey LW, Koepsell TD, Wolf ME, Buchner DM. Motor vehicle collision injuries and sensory impairments of older drivers.  Age Ageing. 1994;23(4):267-73. PubMed