Oral and written language in late adulthood: Findings from the Nun Study

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 457-474

  Mitzner, Tracy L ^a   Kemper, Susan ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LIFESTYLE; LINGUISTICS; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CATHOLICISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SPEECH; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 0141920727     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730303698     Document Type: Article

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