Cognitive and Psychosocial Consequences of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Among Middle-Aged, Older, and Oldest-Old Adults in the Louisiana Healthy Aging Study (LHAS)

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2463-2487

  Cherry, Katie E ^a   Galea, Sandro ^b   Su, L Joseph ^c   Welsh, David A ^c   Jazwinski, S Michal ^d   Silva, Jennifer L ^e   Erwin, Marla J ^e  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Louisiana State University for the LHAS   (United States)

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EID: 77957673413     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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