Japan's Challenge of Early Detection of Persons With Cognitive Decline

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 451-452

  Sakurai, Takashi ^a   Arai, Hidenori ^a   Toba, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARTHEL INDEX; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; AGED; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES;

AGED; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN;

EID: 84963787596     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.02.012     Document Type: Letter

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