Use of latent class analyses for the estimation of prevalence of cognitive impairment, and signs of stroke and Parkinson's disease among African-American elderly of central Harlem: Results of the Harlem aging project

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 309-321

  Teresi, Jeanne A ^a,b,d   Albert, Steven M ^c   Holmes, Douglas ^b   Mayeux, Richard ^c,d,e  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Research Division   (United States)

^c Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e Affiliated Faculty Global Institute of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Assessment; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Latent class; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING; STROKE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEW YORK; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0032717020     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026226     Document Type: Article

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