Validating a screening questionnaire for parkinsonism in Australia

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 117-120

  Chan, Daniel Kam Yin ^a   Hung, W T ^b   Wong, A ^a   Hu, E ^a   Beran, R G ^c  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Parkinson's disease; Screening questionnaire; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034131237     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.69.1.117     Document Type: Article

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