Using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) for the preliminary assessment of cognitive impairment in subjects exposed to particulate air pollution;Utilizzo del Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) per la valutazione preliminare del deterioramento cognitivo in soggetti esposti a particolato atmosferico

Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 124-128

  Pedata, Paola ^a   Grella, Rodolfo ^b   Lamberti, Monica ^a   Bergamasco, Nadia ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mild cognitive impairment; Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE); Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84904427898     PISSN: 15927830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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