Can mild cognitive impairment be accurately diagnosed in English speakers from linguistic minorities? results from the sydney memory and ageing study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 866-877

  Low, Lee Fay ^a   Harrison, Fleur ^a   Kochan, Nicole A ^b,c   Draper, Brian ^b,c   Slavin, Melissa J ^a,b   Reppermund, Simone ^b   Sachdev, Perminder S ^a,b,c   Brodaty, Henry ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

diagnostic criteria; linguistic minority; Mild cognitive impairment; non English speaking background

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUSTRALIA; DEMENTIA; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINORITY GROUP; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SPEECH;

EID: 84866731404     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31823e31e2     Document Type: Article

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