Recent publications on Aging & Geriatrics

Omenn GS, Larson EB, Wagner EH, Abrass I (Editors):. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine (Health Promotion and Disease Prevention). Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Co., Volume 8, No. 1, 1992. PubMed

Larson EB. Commentary on article by Klonoff-Cohen H, et al: Albumin levels as a predictor of mortality in the healthy elderly. ACP J Club (Nov/Dec), Ann Int Med. 1992;117 (Suppl): 3:91. PubMed

Alexander EM, Larson EB, Wagner EH. Presentation of treatable intracranial lesions in the elderly. Gerontologist. 1992;32(II)253:242. PubMed

Graves AB, Larson EB, White LR, Teng EL. Screening for dementia in the community in cross-national studies: Comparison of the performance of a new instrument with the Mini-Mental State Examination. Neurobiol Aging. 1992;13:S113. PubMed

Graves AB, Teng EL, Larson EB, White LR. Education in cross-cultural dementia screening: Applications to a new instrument. World Federation of Neuroepidemiology. 1992;11:8. PubMed

McCormick WC, Kukull WA, van Belle G, Bowen JD, Teri L, Larson EB. Symptom patterns in early Alzheimer’s disease. Clin Res. 1992;40:395A. PubMed

Kukull WA, Brenner DE, Nochlin D, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, Teri L, Speck CE, Webber M, Pfanschmidt M, Sumi SM, Larson EB. Alzheimer’s disease, causes of death and level of impairment. Clin Res. 1992;40:277A. PubMed

LaCroix AZ, Hennekins CH. Smoking and mortality among older men and women in three communities. N Engl J Med. 1991;325(22):1586. PubMed

Schaie KW, Willis SL. Adult personality and psychomotor performance: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. J Gerontol. 1991;46(6):P275-84. PubMed

Uhlmann RF, Larson EB. Effect of education on the mini-mental state examination as a screening test for dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1991;39(9):876-80. PubMed

Schellenberg GD, Anderson L, O'dahl S, Wisjman EM, Sadovnick AD, Ball MJ, Larson EB, Kukull WA, Martin GM, Roses AD, et al. APP717, APP693, and PRIP gene mutations are rare in Alzheimer disease. Am J Hum Genet. 1991;49(3):511-7. PubMed

Schaie KW, Dutta R, Willis SL. Relationship between rigidity-flexibility and cognitive abilities in adulthood. Psychol Aging. 1991;6(3):371-83. PubMed

Larson EB. Commentary on article by Lederle FA, et al: Cost effective treatment of constipation in the elderly: A randomized double-blind comparison of sorbitol and lactulose. ACP J Club (Sep/Oct), Ann Int Med 1991;114:66. PubMed

Psaty BM, Cheadle A, Curry S, McKenna T, Koepsell TD, Wickizer T, VonKorff M, Diehr P, Perrin EB, Wagner EH. Sampling elderly in the community: a comparison of commercial telemarketing lists and random-digit dialing techniques for assessing health behaviors and health status. Am J Epidemiol. 1991;134(1):96-106. PubMed

Larson EB. Geriatric medicine. JAMA. 1991;265(23):3125-6. PubMed

LaCroix AZ, Lang J, Scherr P, Wallace RB, Cornoni-Huntley J, Berkman L, Curb JD, Evans D, Hennekens CH. Smoking and mortality among older men and women in three communities. N Engl J Med. 1991;324(23):1619-25. PubMed

Strogatz DS, Keenan NL, Barnett EM, Wagner EH. Correlates of postural hypotension in a community sample of elderly blacks and whites. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1991;39(6):562-6. PubMed

Larson EB. Exercise, functional decline and frailty. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1991;39(6):635-6. PubMed

Edwards JK, Larson EB, Hughes JP, Kukull WA. Are there clinical and epidemiological differences between familial and non-familial Alzheimer's disease? J Am Geriatr Soc. 1991;39(5):477-83. PubMed

Guralnik JM, LaCroix AZ, Branch LG, Kasl SV, Wallace RB. Morbidity and disability in older persons in the years prior to death. Am J Public Health. 1991;81(4):443-7. PubMed