Reference data for the ruff figural fluency test stratified by age and educational level

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Izaks, Gerbrand J ^a,b   Joosten, Hanneke ^a,b   Koerts, Janneke ^b   Gansevoort, Ron T ^a,b   Slaets, Joris P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RUFF FIGURAL FLUENCY TEST; UNIVERSITY; WESTERN EUROPE; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79951824868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017045     Document Type: Article

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