The relation of education and gender on the attention items of the Mini-Mental State Examination in Spanish speaking Hispanic elders

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 677-686

  Rosselli, Mónica ^a   Tappen, Ruth ^a   Williams, Christine ^b   Salvatierra, Judy ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cognition; Culture; Education; Gender; Mini Mental Exam; Spanish

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750317408     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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