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Marital Status and Cognitive Impairment among Community-Dwelling Chinese Older Adults: The Role of Gender and Social Engagement

Lei Feng, Xue-Ting Ng, Philip Yap, Jialiang Li, Tih-Shih Lee, Krister Håkansson, Ee Heok Kua, Tze Pin Ng

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra · 2014 · 121 citations · 24 references

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Being single or widowed was associated with higher odds of cognitive impairment compared to being married in a cohort of older Chinese men but not women.

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Sensitivity and False Alarm Rate of a Fall Sensor in Long-Term Fall Detection in the Elderly

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