Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity of the DAFS-R in a sample of Brazilian older adults

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 335-343

  Pereira, Fernanda Speggiorin ^a   Oliveira, Alexandra Martini ^a   Diniz, Breno Satler ^a   Forlenza, Orestes Vicente ^a   Yassuda, Mônica Sanches ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cross cultural adaptation; Functional status; MCI; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952807426     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acq029     Document Type: Article

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