A typology of sub-clinical senescent cognitive disorder

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue APR., 1996, Pages 470-476

  Ritchie, Karen ^a   Leibovici, Didier ^a   Ledésert, Bernard ^a   Touchon, Jacques ^a  

^a CENTRE VAL D AURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; PATIENT CODING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENESCENCE; SENILE DEMENTIA;

EID: 0029899026     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.168.4.470     Document Type: Article

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