Clock-drawing: Is it the ideal cognitive screening test?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 548-561

  Shulman, Kenneth I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clock drawing; Cognition; Screening

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRAWING; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034050920     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1166(200006)15:6<548::AID-GPS242>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Conference Paper

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