Indicators of childhood quality of education in relation to cognitive function in older adulthood

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 198-204

  Crowe, Michael ^a   Clay, Olivio J ^a   Martin, Roy C ^a   Howard, Virginia J ^a   Wadley, Virginia G ^a   Sawyer, Patricia ^a   Allman, Richard M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Education; Health disparities

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGING; ALABAMA; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84871780769     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls122     Document Type: Article

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