The interaction of age and cognitive representations in predicting blood pressure

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 476-489

  Scisney Matlock, Margaret ^a   Watkins, Ken W ^b   Colling, Kathleen Byrne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0035434248     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01939450122045320     Document Type: Article

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