Role of place in explaining racial heterogeneity in cognitive outcomes among older adults

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 677-687

  Liu, Sze Yan ^a   Glymour, M Maria ^b,c   Zahodne, Laura B ^d   Weiss, Christopher ^e   Manly, Jennifer J ^d  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

^e Vera Institute of Justice   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive functioning; Geographical variation; Memory; Race; Visual spatial

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945461094     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617715000806     Document Type: Article

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