Comparing Mini-Mental State Examination and Attention and Digit Span in elderly exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated dibenzofurans

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 191-197

  Lin, Kao Chang ^a,e   Huang, Po Chang ^b   Yeh, Poh Shiow ^a   Kuo, Jinn Rung ^c,e   Ke, Der Shin ^a,d  

^a Departments of Neurology   (Taiwan)

^b Departments of Orthopedics   (Taiwan)

^c Departments of Neurosurgery   (Taiwan)

^d CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^e SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attention and Digit Span; Mini Mental State Examination; Polychlorinated biphenyls polychlorinated dibenzofurans

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION AND DIGIT SPAN; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; BENZOFURANS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERIAL LEARNING; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 78650095189     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2010.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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