Age corrections and dementia classification accuracy

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 126-138

  O'Connell, Megan E ^a   Tuokko, Holly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Area analyses; Classification; Dementia; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249102099     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acp111     Document Type: Article

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