Mini-Mental Status Examination: Is it Appropriate for Screening in Thai Elderly?

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-120

  Jitapunkul, Sutthichai ^a   Lailert, Chanthong ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 0031066384     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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