Cognitive activity in older persons from a geographically defined population

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Wilson, Robert S ^a,b,d   Bennett, David A ^a,b   Beckett, Laurel A ^a,b   Morris, Martha C ^a,b   Gilley, David W ^a,b   Bienias, Julia L ^a,b   Scherr, Paul A ^c   Evans, Denis A ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032995325     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/54B.3.P155     Document Type: Article

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