Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT) in the elderly: Shortcoming of an adapted AMT in Zimbabwe

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 98-101

  Allain, T J ^a   Wilson, A O ^a   Gomo, Zar ^b   Adamchak, D J ^c   Matenga, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; ZIMBABWE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030119719     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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