Internet-Based Screening for Dementia Risk

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Brandt, Jason ^a,b   Sullivan, Campbell ^a   Burrell II, Larry E ^b   Rogerson, Mark ^c   Anderson, Allan ^a,b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The Copper Ridge Institute   (United States)

^c Independent Practice   (United States)

^d Samuel and Alexia Bratton Memory Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANONYMOUS TESTING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84874309645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057476     Document Type: Article

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