Ethnically diverse older adults' beliefs about staying mentally sharp

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-52

  Friedman, Daniela B ^a   Laditka, Sarah B ^b   Laditka, James N ^b   Wu, Bei ^c   Liu, Rui ^d   Price, Anna E ^e   Tseng, Winston ^f   Corwin, Sara J ^a   Ivey, Susan L ^f   Hunter, Rebecca ^g   Sharkey, Joseph R ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^h TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80052908109     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.73.1.b     Document Type: Article

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