Age and cognitive impairment influence the performance of the general health questionnaire

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 335-340

  Papassotiropoulos, Andreas ^a   Heun, Reinhard ^a   Maier, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0030733186     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-440X(97)90929-9     Document Type: Article

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