Cognitive and functional dementia assessment tools: Review of Brazilian literature
Abstract The diagnosis of dementia is based on cognitive and functional evaluation. One of the difficulties in ascertaining the number of people with dementia in developing countries is the population's lack of formal education. Independent effects of age, sex and education have been identified...
Main Authors: | Luciano Góis Vasconcelos, Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki, Orlando Francisco Amodeo Bueno |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
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Series: | Dementia & Neuropsychologia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642007000100018&lng=en&tlng=en |
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