A hindi version of the MMSE: The development of a cognitive screening instrument for a largely illiterate rural elderly population in india

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 367-377

  Ganguli, Mary ^a   Ratcliff, Graham ^a,b   Chandra, Vijay ^a,c,d   Sharma, Sujatha ^c   Gilby, Joanne ^e   Pandav, Rajesh ^c   Belle, Steven ^a   Ryan, Christopher ^a   Baker, Carol ^a   Seaberg, Eric ^a   Dekosky, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Harmarville Rehabilitation Center   (United States)

^c Centre for Ageing Research   (India)

^d Holy Family Hospital   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ageing; cross cultural research; dementia epidemiology; neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RATING SCALE; READING; RURAL POPULATION; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL STATUS; TIME PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 0029067940     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.930100505     Document Type: Article

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