Black and white differences in cognitive function test scores: What explains the difference?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2120-2127

  Mehta, Kala M ^a   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^c   Rooks, Ronica ^d   Newman, Anne B ^e   Pope, Sandra K ^f   Rubin, Susan M ^b   Yaffe, Kristine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dementia; Ethnicity; Literacy; Race

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; READING; SOCIOECONOMICS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENNSYLVANIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TENNESSEE;

EID: 16644364304     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52575.x     Document Type: Article

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