Spanish multicenter normative studies (NEURONORMA project): Methods and sample characteristics

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 307-319

  Peña Casanova, Jordi ^a,b   Blesa, Rafael ^c   Aguilar, Miquel ^d   Gramunt Fombuena, Nina ^b   Gómez Ansón, Beatriz ^e   Oliva, Rafael ^e   Molinuevo, José Luis ^e   Robles, Alfredo ^f   Barquero, María Sagrario ^g   Antúnez, Carmen ^h   Martínez Parra, Carlos ⁱ   Frank García, Anna ^j   Fernández, Manuel ^k   Alfonso, Verónica ^l   Sol, Josep M ^l  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b Institut Municipal DInvestigacio Medica   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL MÚTUA DE TERRASSA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^f Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^k HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^l European Biometrics Institute   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Age factors; Demography; Educational status; Neuropsychological tests standards; Normative data; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 70349114281     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acp027     Document Type: Article

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