Direct and indirect effects of demographic, medical, and psychological variables on neuropsychological performance in normal geriatric persons: A structural equation model

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 299-305

  Uchiyama, Craig Lyons ^a   Mitrushina, Maura ^a,b   Satz, Paul ^b   Schall, Matthew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatric; Moderating variables; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030178570     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1355617700001314     Document Type: Article

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