Educational level and age and the performance on the Mini-Mental State Examination in community-dwelling elderly;Nível educacional e idade no desempenho no Miniexame do Estado Mental em idosos residentes na comunidade

Revista de Psiquiatria Clinica

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-17

  Diniz, Breno Satler De Oliveira ^a,d   Volpe, Fernando Madalena ^b,c   Tavares, Almir Ribeiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Educational level; Elderly; MMSE

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34248343408     PISSN: 01016083     EISSN: 1806938X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0101-60832007000100002     Document Type: Article

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