Mini mental state examination: Influence of sociodemographic, environmental and behavioral factors, and vascular risk factors

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-78

  Freidl, W ^a   Schmidt, R ^a   Stronegger, W J ^a   Irmler, A ^a   Reinhart, B ^a   Koch, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dementia; Environmental and behavioral factors; Graphical models; MMSE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; STROKE;

EID: 0029936491     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(95)00541-2     Document Type: Article

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