Executive control and the comprehension of medical information by elderly retirees

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 301-313

  Royall, Donald R ^a,b   Cordes, Jeffrey ^a   Polk, Marsha ^b  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PENSIONER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 0030779538     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610739708254033     Document Type: Article

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