Black/White differences in the relationship between MMSE scores and disability: The Women's Health and Aging Study

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages

  Leveille, Suzanne G ^a   Guralnik, Jack M ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a,b   Corti, M Chiara ^a   Kasper, Judith ^c   Fried, Linda P ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031747812     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/53B.3.P201     Document Type: Article

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