Determination of normative criteria and validation of the SKT for use in Spanish-speaking populations

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-180

  Ostrosky Solís, Feggy ^a   Dávila, Gabriela ^b   Ortiz, Xóchitl ^a   Vega, Felipe ^c   Ramos, Guillermo García ^c   De Celis, Maria ^d   Dávila, Luis ^d   Gómez, Cesar ^a   Jiménez, Soledad ^a   Juárez, Sandra ^c   Corte, Georgina ^c   Molina, Bayron ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b LIVER RESEARCH UNIT   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; STANDARDIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN;

EID: 0032806822     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610299005724     Document Type: Article

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