Verbal abilities in healthy elderly adults

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 130-134

  Schum, Robert L ^a   Sivan, Abigail B ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatric community volunteers; Normal aging; Verbal abilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005817403     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324826an0402_6     Document Type: Article

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