Mini-Mental State Examination among lower educational levels and illiterates: Transcultural evaluation;Mini-exame do estado mental na baixa escolaridade e em analfabetos: Avaliação transcultural

Dementia e Neuropsychologia

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-125

  Brucki, Sonia Maria Dozzi ^a   Nitrini, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Educational level; Illiteracy; Mini mental state examination; Screening test

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958093419     PISSN: 19805764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1980-57642010dn40200008     Document Type: Article

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