Confirmatory factor analysis of the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale in patients with Alzheimer's disease

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-91

  Woodard, John L ^a,c   Salthouse, Timothy A ^b   Godsall, Robert E ^a   Green, Robert C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0030010303     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.8.1.85     Document Type: Article

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