Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages 307-314 , March 2010

Executive function (capacity for behavioral self-regulation) and decline predicted mortality in a longitudinal study in Southern Colorado

  • E. Amirian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, UT-MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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  • Judith Baxter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community and Behavioral Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO, USA
    • ,
  • Jim Grigsby

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
    • ,
  • Douglas Curran-Everett

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO, USA
    • ,
  • John E. Hokanson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO, USA
    • ,
  • Lucinda L. Bryant

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community and Behavioral Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Health Systems, Management and Policy, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Denver, 13001 East 17th Place, B119, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; Tel.: (303) 724-4384; fax: (303) 724-4476

,Accepted 9 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.06.004

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages 307-314 , March 2010

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