Geriatric performance on an abbreviated version of the Boston naming test

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-223

  Jefferson, Angela L ^a,b   Wong, Sarah ^a,c   Gracer, Talia S ^a,c   Ozonoff, Al ^c   Green, Robert C ^a   Stern, Robert A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Boston Naming Test; Geriatrics; Language; Lexical retrieval; Mild cognitive impairment; Neuropsychological measures; Normative data

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOSTON NAMING TEST; CAUCASIAN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 37549037136     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09084280701509166     Document Type: Article

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