The performance of the mini-cog in a sample of low educational level elderly;O desempenho do Mini-Cog em uma amostra de idosos com baixo nível educacional

Dementia e Neuropsychologia

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-87

  Filho, Sergio Telles Ribeiro ^a   Lourenço, Roberto Alves ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Ambulatory care; Dementia; Mass screening; Neuropsychology; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955106231     PISSN: 19805764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1980-57642009dn30200003     Document Type: Article

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