Characteristics of the Florida cognitive activities scale in older African Americans

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Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-77

  Dotson, Vonetta M ^a   Schinka, John A ^a   Brown, Lisa M ^b   Mortimer, James A ^b   Borenstein, Amy R ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity level; African American; Aging; Cognition; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 38549154912     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191107307509     Document Type: Article

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