Sources of covariation among mini-mental state examination scores, education, and cognitive abilities

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Pedersen, Nancy L ^a   Reynolds, Chandra A ^b   Gatz, Margaret ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING;

EID: 0029887831     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/51B.2.P55     Document Type: Article

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