Cognitive impairment and mortality in older Mexican Americans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 178-183

  Nguyen, Ha T ^a   Black, Sandra A ^b   Ray, Laura A ^c   Espino, David V ^d   Markides, Kyriakos S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Mexican Americans; MMSE; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS;

EID: 0037318936     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51055.x     Document Type: Article

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