Screening for cognitive impairment in older African-Carribeans

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 957-963

  Rait, G ^a,b,c,d   Morley, M ^a,b,c   Burns, A ^a,b,c   Baldwin, R ^a,b,c   Chew Graham, C ^a,b,c   St Leger, A S ^a,b,c  

^a WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL TEST; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RACE; SCREENING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CARIBBEAN REGION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033861332     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291799002305     Document Type: Article

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