Social & behavioral research on Alzheimer's Disease and dementia in diverse populations: A bibliography

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• Callahan, C. M., Hall, K. S., Hui, S. L., Musick, B. S., Unverzagt, F. W., & Hendrie, H. C. (1996). Relationship of age, education, and occupation with dementia among a community-based sample of African Americans. Archives of Neurology, 53(2), 134-140.
  
• Carlson, M. C., Brandt, J., Carson, K. A., & Kawas, C. H. (1998). Lack of relation between race and cognitive test performance in Alzheimer's disease. Neurology, 50(5), 1499-1501.
  
• Chan, A. S., Choi, M. K., & Salmon, D. P. (2001). The effect of age, education, and gender on the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale performance of elderly Chinese and American individuals. Journals of Gerontology (Series B), 56B(6), P356-363.
  
• Chow, T. W., Liu, C. K., Fuh, J. L., Leung, V. P. Y., Tai, C. T., Chen, L. W., et al. (2002). Neuropsychiatric symptoms of Alzheimer's disease differ in Chinese and American patients. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17(1), 22-28.
  
• Cohen, C. I., Hyland, K., & Magai, C. (1998). Interracial and intraracial differences in neuropsychiatric symptoms, sociodemography, and treatment among nursing home patients with dementia. Gerontologist, 38(3), 353-361.
  
• Fillenbaum, G. G., Heyman, A., Huber, M. S., Ganguli, M., & Unverzagt, F. W. (2001). Performance of elderly African American and white community residents on the CERAD Neuropsychology Battery. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 7(4), 502-509.
  
• Hall, K. S., Gao, S. J., Unverzagt, F. W., & Hendrie, H. C. (2000). Low education and childhood rural residence: Risk for Alzheimer's disease in African Americans. Neurology, 54(1), 95-99.
  
• Harwood, D. G., Barker, W. W., Loewenstein, D. A., Ownby, R. L., St.George-Hyslop, P., Mullan, M., et al. (1999). A cross-ethnic analysis of risk factors for AD in white Hispanics and white non-Hispanics. Neurology, 52(3), 551-556.
  
• Hinrichsen, G. A., & Ramirez, M. (1992). Black and white dementia caregivers: A comparison of their adaptation, adjustment, and service utilization. Gerontologist, 32(3), 375-381.
  
• Knight, B. G., Silverstein, M., McCallum, T. J., & Fox, L. S. (2000). A sociocultural stress and coping model for mental health outcomes among African American caregivers in southern California. Journals of Gerontology (Series B), 55B(3), P142-P150.
  
• Lingler, Jennifer Hagerty; Hirschman, Karen B.; Dew, Mary Amanda; Becker, James T.; Schulz, Richard; DeKosky, Steven T. (2008). Frequency and correlates of advance planning among cognitively impaired older adults. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16(8), 643-649.


• Lourenco, Roberto Alves; Filho, Sergio Telles Ribeiro. (2006). The accuracy of the Mini-Cog in screening low-educated elderly for dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 54(2): 376-77.
  
• Sorensen, Silvia; Pinquart, Martin. (2005). Racial and ethnic differences in the relationship of caregiving stressors, resources, and sociodemographic variables to caregiver depression and perceived physical health. Aging and Mental Health 9(5): 482-495.
  
• Vincze, Gabor; Almos, Peter; Boda, Krisztina; Dome, Peter. (2007). Risk factors of cognitive decline in residential care in Hungary. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(12), 1208-1216.


• Wilson, Robert S.; Li, Yan; Aggarwal, Neelum T.; McCann, Judy J.; Gilley, David W.; Bienias, Julia L.; Barnes, Lisa L.; Evans, Denis A. (2006). Cognitive decline and survival in Alzheimer's disease. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(4), 356-62.

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