The accuracy of the Mini-Cog in screening low-educated elderly for dementia [9]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 376-377

  Lourenço, Roberto Alves ^a   Ribeiro Filho, Sergio Telles ^b  

^a Internal Medicine Department

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MINI COG QUESTIONNAIRE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SCREENING TEST; WRITING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33645080702     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00592_8_1.x     Document Type: Letter

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