The prevalence of cognitive malingering in persons reporting exposure to occupational and environmental substances

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 940-950

  Greve, Kevin W ^a,b   Bianchini, Kevin J ^a,b   Black, F William ^a,c   Heinly, Matthew T ^a,b   Love, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Swift, Douglas A ^d   Ciota, Megan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b Jefferson Neurobehavioral Group   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Occupational Medicine Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Malingered neurocognitive dysfunction; Malingering; Neuropsychological assessment; Prevalence; Toxic exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; MALINGERING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845262051     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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