Psychometric identification of early Alzheimer disease in an elderly Chinese population with differing educational levels

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 65-72

  Sahadevan, Suresh ^a   Lim, Joy P'ing Ping ^a   Tan, Noellyn Jong Li ^a   Chan, Siew Pang ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Chinese; Cross cultural; Neuropsychologic assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0036283581     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-200204000-00003     Document Type: Article

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