Visual form discrimination test with elderly medical inpatients

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-53

  Nabors, Nina A ^a,b   Vangel Jr , Stephen J ^a,b   Lichtenberg, Peter A ^a,b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0029895154     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J018v17n01_04     Document Type: Article

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