Towards evidence-based dementia screening in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 60-61

  Terpening, Zoe ^a   Hodges, John R ^b   Cordato, Nicholas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79951874566     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb04166.x     Document Type: Editorial

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