A structural factor analysis of vocabulary knowledge and relations to age

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Bowles, Ryan P ^a   Grimm, Kevin J ^a   McArdle, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 24144438646     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/60.5.P234     Document Type: Article

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