Deconstructing racial differences: The effects of quality of education and cerebrovascular risk factors

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 545-556

  Carvalho, Janessa O ^a,b   Tommet, Doug ^a   Crane, Paul K ^c   Thomas, Michael L ^d   Claxton, Amy ^e   Habeck, Christian ^f   Manly, Jennifer J ^f   Romero, Heather R ^g,h  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Cognitive decline; Education quality; Latent growth curve modeling; Race; Vascular

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; RISK FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84936748721     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu086     Document Type: Article

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