Is large-scale community memory screening feasible? Experience from a regional memory-screening day

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1072-1078

  Lawrence, Janet M ^a   Davidoff, Donald A ^b   Katt Lloyd, Debra ^b   Connell, Alexa ^b   Berlow, Yosef A ^b   Savoie, Jo Anne ^b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

7 minute screen; Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive impairment; Dementia screening; Memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEVEN MINUTE MEMORY SCREEN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEW ENGLAND;

EID: 0042522893     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51354.x     Document Type: Article

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