Cognitive ability and physical performance in middle-aged African Americans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 997-1001

  Malmstrom, Theodore K ^a   Wolinsky, Fredric D ^c,d   Andresen, Elena M ^b   Miller, J Philip ^e   Miller, Douglas K ^f,g  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cognition; Disability; Middle aged; Physical function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAIT; GEOGRAPHY; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 23444441016     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53318.x     Document Type: Article

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