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Onset of cognitive decline
Authors’ reply to Harwood, McCarthy, and Franke
BMJ 2012; 344 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e1050 (Published 14 February 2012) Cite this as: BMJ 2012;344:e1050
- Archana Singh-Manoux, research director123
- On behalf of Mika Kivimaki, M Maria Glymour, Alexis Elbaz, Claudine Berr, Klaus P Ebmeier, Jane E Ferrie, Aline Dugravot
- 1Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), U1018, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Hôpital Paul Brousse, 94807 Villejuif Cedex, France
- 2Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
- 3Centre de Gérontologie, Hôpital Ste Périne, AP-HP, France
- archana.singh-manoux{at}inserm.fr
The over-riding concern about our paper is that it propagates the tradition of emphasising decline and ignoring gains that occur with ageing.1 2 3 4 This was not our intention. We wanted to answer an important research question of whether cognitive decline occurs before the age of 60, and we had the …
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