The Mini-Cog: A rapid dementia screening tool suitable for pharmacists' use

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 855-861

  Setter, Stephen M ^a   Neumiller, Joshua J ^a   Johnson, Melanie ^b   Borson, Soo ^c   Scanlan, James M ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BC Drug and Poison Information Centre   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Mini Cog; Screening tool

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MINI COG TEST; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PHARMACIST; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 35848947546     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2007.855     Document Type: Review

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