Naming problems in dementia: Semantic or lexical?

Aphasiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 357-374

  Astell, Arlene J ^a   Harley, Trevor A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; PHONETICS; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0031900408     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687039808249538     Document Type: Review

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