Normative data for a brief neuropsychological battery administered to English- and Spanish-speaking community-dwelling elders

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 311-318

  Stricks, Laurie ^b   Pittman, John ^b   Jacobs, Diane M ^b   Sano, Mary ^b   Stern, Yaakov ^a  

^a Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Education; Neuropsychological tests; Normative data; Spanish

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031873503     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1355617798003117     Document Type: Article

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