A comparison of alternative methods of screening for dementia in clinical settings

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 532-536

  Mulligan, Reinhild ^a   Mackinnon, Andrew ^b   Jorm, Anthony F ^c   Giannakopoulos, Panteleimon ^a   Michel, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCREENING TEST; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

EID: 0030006658     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1996.00550060074019     Document Type: Article

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