Quality, and not just quantity, of education accounts for differences in psychometric performance between African Americans and white non-hispanics with Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 277-285

  Chin, Alexander L ^a   Negash, Selam ^a   Xie, Sharon ^b   Arnold, Steven E ^a   Hamilton, Roy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans psychology; Aging psychology; Bias (epidemiology); Cross cultural comparisons; Dementia; Diagnostic errors psychology; European Continental Ancestry Group psychology; Neuropsychological tests; Philadelphia; Reading; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857710121     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617711001688     Document Type: Article

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