Influence of age and schooling on the performance in a modified Mini-Mental State Examination version: A study in Brazil Northeast

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 63, Issue 3 A, 2005, Pages 583-587

  De Brito Marques, Paulo Roberto ^a,c   Cabral Filho, José Eulálio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age; Cognition; Cognitive assessment; Education; Mini mental State Examination

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 24144442837     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2005000400005     Document Type: Article

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