The Bangla Adaptation of Mini-mental State Examination (BAMSE): An instrument to assess cognitive function in illiterate and literate individuals

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 441-450

  Kabir, Zarina Nahar ^a,b   Herlitz, Agneta ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BAMSE; Bangladesh; Elderly; Illiteracy; Low income country; MMSE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; RELIABILITY;

AGED; BANGLADESH; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034115159     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(200005)15:5<441::AID-GPS142>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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