Changes in Cognition and Mortality in Relation to Exercise in Late Life: A Population Based Study

Laura E. Middleton; Arnold Mitnitski; Nader Fallah; Susan A. Kirkland; Kenneth Rockwood

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003124

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Changes in Cognition and Mortality in Relation to Exercise in Late Life: A Population Based Study

Laura E. Middleton,

Affiliation Geriatric Medicine Research Unit, Centre for Health Care of the Elderly, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Arnold Mitnitski,

Affiliation Geriatric Medicine Research Unit, Centre for Health Care of the Elderly, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Nader Fallah,

Affiliation Geriatric Medicine Research Unit, Centre for Health Care of the Elderly, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Susan A. Kirkland,

Affiliation Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Kenneth Rockwood

* E-mail: kenneth.rockwood@dal.ca

Affiliation Geriatric Medicine Research Unit, Centre for Health Care of the Elderly, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Changes in Cognition and Mortality in Relation to Exercise in Late Life: A Population Based Study

Laura E. Middleton,
Arnold Mitnitski,
Nader Fallah,
Susan A. Kirkland,
Kenneth Rockwood

Published: September 1, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003124

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Posted by Complexity_Group on 03 Dec 2008 at 13:17 GMT

Dear authors,

I would be interested in knowing whether you have been working on urther developments of the statistical model you describe in this paper.

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