"Do-it-yourself" dementia testing: Issues regarding an Alzheimer's Home Screening Test

Gerontologist

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 295-301

  Kier, Frederick J ^a,b   Molinari, Victor ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; LEGAL LIABILITY; LIFESTYLE; MARKETING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SELF EVALUATION; SELF EXAMINATION; SMELLING DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038579373     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/43.3.295     Document Type: Review

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