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Experimental Aging Research
An International Journal Devoted to the Scientific Study of the Aging Process
Volume 23, 1997 - Issue 4
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Executive Control and the Comprehension of Medical Information by Elderly Retirees

Donald R. Royall Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, South Texas Veterans' Healthcare System, Audie L. Murphy Division Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, and the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
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Jeffrey Cordes Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, South Texas Veterans' Healthcare System, Audie L. Murphy Division Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, and the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
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Marsha Polk Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, South Texas Veterans' Healthcare System, Audie L. Murphy Division Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, and the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
Pages 301-313 | Received 10 Dec 1996, Accepted 15 Jan 1997, Published online: 27 Sep 2007

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