Reliability of routine clinical instruments for the assessment of Alzheimer's disease administered by telephone

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-24

  Monteiro, Isabel M ^a   Boksay, Istvan ^a   Auer, Stefanie R ^a   Torossian, Carol ^a   Sinaiko, Elia ^a   Reisberg, Barry ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0031847995     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089198879801100105     Document Type: Article

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