The development and initial validation of a telephone-administered cognitive test battery (TACT)

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-57

  Prince, Martin J ^a,b   Macdonald, Alison M ^a,c   Sham, Pak C ^a,b   Richards, Marcus ^a,c   Quraishi, Seema ^a,b   Horn, Isobel ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Genetic epidemiology; Gerontology; Telephone interviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002310531     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.56     Document Type: Article

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