The validity of cognitive testing in screening for dementia

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-41

  Stockton, Patricia ^a   Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a   Billig, Nathan ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition screening diagnosis; Dementia; Education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031968316     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022602421947     Document Type: Article

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