Alzheimer's Disease in the NAS-NRC Registry of Ageing Twin Veterans, IV. Performance Characteristics of a Two-Stage Telephone Screening Procedure for Alzheimer's Dementia

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1211-1219

  Gallo, Joseph J ^a,b   Breitner, John C S ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REGISTER; SCREENING; SOLDIER; TELEPHONE; TWINS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGISTRIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TELEPHONE; VETERANS;

EID: 0028827550     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700033183     Document Type: Article

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