Estimation of WAIS-R premorbid intelligence: Current ability and demographic data used in a best-performance fashion

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 404-411

  Vanderploeg, Rodney D ^a,b   Schinka, John A ^a,b   Axelrod, Bradley N ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL TEST;

EID: 0030498024     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.8.4.404     Document Type: Article

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