Relationships among education, age, and cognitive functioning in older African Americans: The impact of desegregation

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 443-449

  Allaire, Jason C ^a   Whitfield, Keith E ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 10644277937     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580490521511     Document Type: Article

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