Early life development in a multiethnic sample and the relation to late life cognition

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 519-531

  Melrose, Rebecca J ^a,b   Brewster, Paul ^c   Marquine, Mariá J ^d   MacKay Brandt, Anna ^e   Reed, Bruce ^f   Farias, Sarah T ^f   Mungas, Dan ^f  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Longitudinal change; Minority and diverse populations

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EPISODIC MEMORY; ETHNOLOGY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, EPISODIC; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84936777139     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt126     Document Type: Article

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