Statistical and clinical evaluation of the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale- Spanish adaptation: An initial investigation

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1998, Pages

  Arnold, Bill R ^a   Cuellar, Israel ^a   Guzman, Norma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0031782849     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/53B.6.P364     Document Type: Article

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