Illiteracy and dementia;Analfabetismo e deměncia

Dementia e Neuropsychologia

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 153-157

  Brucki, Sonia Maria Dozzi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dementia; Education; Illiteracy; Neuropsychological evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958122952     PISSN: 19805764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1980-57642010DN40300002     Document Type: Article

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