Older adults' concerns about cognitive health: Commonalities and differences among six United States ethnic groups

Ageing and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1202-1228

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

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

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

^c FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

ageing; Alzheimer's disease; brain health; cognition; dementia; focus groups; memory; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION; ELDERLY POPULATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855297918     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10001273     Document Type: Article

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