Trail Making Test: Normative data for Turkish elderly population by age, sex and education

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 73-78

  Cangoz, Banu ^a   Karakoc, Ebru ^a   Selekler, Kaynak ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive processes; Executive functions; Neuropsychological tests; Trail Making Test

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VALIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; TRAIL MAKING TEST; TURKEY;

EID: 67650138463     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.02.313     Document Type: Article

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