The relationship between alcohol consumption, cognitive performance, and daily functioning in an urban sample of older black Americans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1158-1165

  Hendrie, Hugh C ^a   Gao, Sujuan ^a   Hall, Kathleen S ^a   Hui, Siu L ^a   Unverzagt, Frederick W ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; STROKE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029847932     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01364.x     Document Type: Article

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