Formal education, health literacy and Mini-Mental State Examination;Educação formal, alfabetismo em Saúde e Mini-Exame do Estado Mental

Dementia e Neuropsychologia

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-30

  Brucki, Sonia Maria Dozzi ^a   Mansur, Letícia Lessa ^a   Carthery Goulart, Maria Teresa ^a   Nitrini, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Education; Functional literacy; Health literacy; Literacy; Mini mental state examination; S tofhla

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953254115     PISSN: 19805764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1980-57642011DN05010005     Document Type: Article

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