Quantitative and qualitative impairments in semantic fluency, but not phonetic fluency, as a potential risk factor for Alzheimer's disease

Brain Impairment

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-186

  O'Dowd, Brona ^a   Chalk, Jonathan ^a   De Zubicaray, Greig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 33748993546     PISSN: 14439646     EISSN: 18395252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/brim.5.2.177.58249     Document Type: Article

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