A longitudinal population study of the Mini-Mental State Examination in the very old: Relation to dementia and education

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 166-175

  Aevarsson, Ólafur ^a   Skoog, Ingmar ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Dementia; Elderly; Mini Mental State Examination; Population study, longitudinal

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0033999961     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017231     Document Type: Article

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