Religious attendance and cognitive functioning among older Mexican Americans

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Hill, Terrence D ^a   Burdette, Amy M ^a   Angel, Jacqueline L ^a   Angel, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RESEARCH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 30344432928     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/61.1.P3     Document Type: Article

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