Sex Differences in Cognitive Health Among Older Adults in India.

Marco AngrisaniUrvashi JainJinkook Lee

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2021)

In India, lower levels of early-life human capital investments in nutrition and education among women compared with men are associated with a female disadvantage in late-life cognitive health. This has important implications for public health policy, aiming at reducing the risk of cognitive decline and dementia-a nascent concern in India. J Am Geriatr Soc 68:S20-S28, 2020.

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