Verbal fluency tests reliability in a Brazilian multicentric study, ELSA-Brasil;Reprodutibilidade dos escores em testes de fluência verbal em estudo multicêntrico brasileiro

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 814-816

  Passos, Valéria Maria de Azeredo ^a   Giatti, Luana ^a   Barreto, Sandhi Maria ^a   Figueiredo, Roberta Carvalho ^a   Caramelli, Paulo ^a   Benseñor, Isabela ^b   da Fonseca, Maria de Jesus Mendes ^c   Cade, Nagela Valadão ^d   Goulart, Alessandra Carvalho ^b   Nunes, Maria Angélica ^e   Alves, Márcia Guimarães de Mello ^f   da Trindade, Ana Angélica Martins ^g  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^f FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^g Centro de Investigação ELSA Bahia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cohort; Multicenter study; Reliability; Verbal fluency test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTICENTER STUDY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL FLUENCY TEST;

EID: 80455132116     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2011000600017     Document Type: Article

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