Clinical Aspects of Alzheimer's Disease in Black and White Patients

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 78-84

  Hargrave, Rita ^a,b   Stoeklin, Maria ^a   Haan, Mary ^a   Reed, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Race

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031989585     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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