The Mini Cognitive Examination for screening in epidemiologic studies of dementia;Resultados del Mini Examen Cognitivo como un instrumento de muestreo en los estudios epidemiologicos de demencia

Neurologia

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 166-169

  Vilalta Franch, J ^b   Llinas Regla J ^b   Lopez Pousa S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SANTA CATERINA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CAMDEX; Dementia; Education; Epidemiology; MCE

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; RATING SCALE; RURAL POPULATION; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0030054740     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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