Recent publications on Aging & Brain Health

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

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