Correlates of five intellectual abilities in Chinese older adults

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 68-83

  Chou, Kee Lee ^a   Chi, Iris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Elderly Chinese; Intellectual ability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMMUNITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEPENDENCE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SKILL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VERBAL MEMORY; VISION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 11844286382     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464804271454     Document Type: Article

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