Recruiting african americans into research on cognitive aging

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 124-133

  McDougall Jr , Graham J ^a   Holston, Ezra C ^b   Wilke, Pat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African american; Cognition; Elderly; Memory performance; Memory self efficacy

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PATIENT SELECTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 0035650424     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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