Social resources and cognitive decline in a population of older African Americans and whites

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2322-2326

  Barnes, Lisa L ^a,c   Mendes De Leon, C F ^b,c   Wilson, R S ^a,c   Bienias, J L ^b,c   Evans, D A ^b,c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRIEND; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 11144271032     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000147473.04043.B3     Document Type: Article

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