Mini-mental state examination item scores as predictors of Alzheimer's disease: Incidence data from the Kungsholmen Project, Stockholm

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1997, Pages

  Small, Brent J ^a,c   Viitanen, Matti ^a   Bäckman, Lars ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030801174     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/52A.5.M299     Document Type: Article

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