Cross-cultural issues in the assessment of cognitive impairment

Dementia 3Ed

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 147-164

  Shah, Ajit ^a   Lindesay, James ^b   Nnatu, Ian O ^a  

^a WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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