The power of personality in discriminating between healthy aging and early-stage Alzheimer's disease

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Duchek, Janet M ^a   Balota, David A ^a   Storandt, Martha ^a   Larsen, Randy ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONSCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA AND MCCRAE NEO FIVE FACTOR INVENTORY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 37349046669     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.6.P353     Document Type: Article

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