Assessing cognitive abilities and dementia in a predominantly illiterate population of older individuals in Kinmen

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 763-770

  Chou, P ^b   Lin, K N ^b   Wang, S J ^b   Fuh, J L ^b   Lin, H C ^b   Liu, C Y ^b   Wu, G S ^b   Larson, E B ^b   White, L R ^b   Graves, A B ^b   Teng, E L ^b  

^a Taipei General Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHINA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028101298     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700027914     Document Type: Article

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