Literacy and cognitive decline among ethnically diverse elders

Cognitive Reserve: Theory and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 219-235

  Manly, Jennifer J ^a   Schupf, Nicole ^a   Tang, Ming Xin ^a   Weiss, Christopher C ^b   Stern, Yaakov ^a  

^a Taub Institute for Research on AD and the Aging Brain Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203783047     Document Type: Chapter

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