Literacy-based normative data for low socioeconomic status African Americans

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 989-1017

  Dotson, Vonetta M ^a   Kitner Triolo, Melissa ^a   Evans, Michele K ^a   Zonderman, Alan B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Ethnicity; Illiterate; Neuropsychological testing; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; READING; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 57349165419     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040701679017     Document Type: Article

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