Preliminary assessment of an Arabic version of the mini-mental state examination

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 150-152

  Al Rajeh, Saad ^a   Ogunniyi, Adesola ^b   Awada, Adnan ^b   Daif, Abdulkader ^b   Zaidan, Radwan ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCREENING TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 2442733963     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1999.150     Document Type: Article

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