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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
54
Citations
11783
World Ranking
2161
National Ranking
25

Best Publications

  • Role of Genes and Environments for Explaining Alzheimer Disease

    Margaret Gatz;Chandra A. Reynolds;Laura Fratiglioni;Boo Johansson

  • Substantial genetic influence on cognitive abilities in twins 80 or more years old

    Gerald E. McClearn;Boo Johansson;Stig Berg;Nancy L. Pedersen

  • Heritability for Alzheimer's Disease: The Study of Dementia in Swedish Twins

    Margaret Gatz;Nancy L. Pedersen;Stig Berg;Boo Johansson

  • Gender and Health A Study of Older Unlike-Sex Twins

    Carol H Gold;Bo Malmberg;Gerald E McClearn;Nancy L Pedersen

  • The Swedish Adoption Twin Study of Aging: an update.

    Nancy L Pedersen;Gerald McClearn;R Plomin;J Nesselroade

  • Comorbid type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension exacerbates cognitive decline: evidence from a longitudinal study

    Linda B. Hassing;Scott M. Hofer;Sven E. Nilsson;Stig Berg

  • The Effect of Genetic Factors for Longevity: A Comparison of Identical and Fraternal Twins in the Swedish Twin Registry

    Birgit Ljungquist;Stig Berg;Jan Lanke;Gerald E. McClearn

  • Potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia in identical twins

    Margaret Gatz;Margaret Gatz;James A. Mortimer;Laura Fratiglioni;Boo Johansson

  • Diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for vascular dementia, but not for Alzheimer's disease: a population-based study of the oldest old.

    Linda B. Hassing;Boo Johansson;Sven E. Nilsson;Stig Berg

  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus contributes to cognitive decline in old age: A longitudinal population-based study

    Linda B. Hassing;Michael D. Grant;Scott M. Hofer;Nancy L. Pedersen

  • Loneliness in the Swedish Aged.

    Stig Berg;Dan Mellström;Göran Persson;Alvar Svanborg

  • Complete ascertainment of dementia in the Swedish Twin Registry: the HARMONY study.

    Margaret Gatz;Laura Fratiglioni;Boo Johansson;Stig Berg;Stig Berg

  • Education and the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease Findings From the Study of Dementia in Swedish Twins

    Margaret Gatz;Pia Svedberg;Nancy L. Pedersen;James A. Mortimer

  • How heritable is Alzheimer's disease late in life? Findings from Swedish twins.

    Nancy L. Pedersen;Margaret Gatz;Margaret Gatz;Stig Berg;Stig Berg;Boo Johansson

  • Evaluating the interdependence of aging-related changes in visual and auditory acuity, balance, and cognitive functioning.

    Scott M. Hofer;Stig Berg;Pertti Era

  • Quantitative Genetic Analysis of Latent Growth Curve Models of Cognitive Abilities in Adulthood.

    Chandra A. Reynolds;Deborah Finkel;John J. McArdle;Margaret Gatz

  • Low systolic blood pressure is associated with impaired cognitive function in the oldest old: longitudinal observations in a population-based sample 80 years and older.

    Sven E. Nilsson;Sanna Read;Stig Berg;Boo Johansson

  • Being Overweight in Midlife Is Associated With Lower Cognitive Ability and Steeper Cognitive Decline in Late Life

    Anna Dahl;Linda B. Hassing;Eleonor Fransson;Stig Berg

  • Overweight and obesity in old age are not associated with greater dementia risk

    Anna K Dahl;Minna Löppönen;Raimo Isoaho;Stig Berg

  • Serum Lipid Levels and Cognitive Change in Late Life

    Chandra A. Reynolds;Margaret Gatz;Jonathan A. Prince;Stig Berg

  • A cross-national self-report measure of depressive symptomatology

    Margaret Gatz;Boo Johansson;Nancy Pedersen;Stig Berg

  • Satisfaction With Present Life Predicts Survival in Octogenarians

    Tiina-Mari Lyyra;Timo M Törmäkangas;Sanna Read;Taina Rantanen

  • Local justice. How institutions allocate scarce goods and necessary burdens

    Stig Berg

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy L. Pedersen
Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute
Boo Johansson
Boo Johansson University of Gothenburg
Margaret Gatz
Margaret Gatz University of Southern California
Gerald E. McClearn
Gerald E. McClearn Pennsylvania State University
Steven H. Zarit
Steven H. Zarit Pennsylvania State University
Chandra A. Reynolds
Chandra A. Reynolds University of California, Riverside
Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin King's College London
Adam Davey
Adam Davey University of Delaware
Deborah Finkel
Deborah Finkel Indiana University
Michael A. Smyer
Michael A. Smyer Bucknell University

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