A preliminary study of the Six-Item Screener in detecting cognitive impairment
β Scribed by Mei-Rong Chen; Qi-Hao Guo; Xin-Yi Cao; Zhen Hong; Xiao-Hong Liu
- Book ID
- 107639247
- Publisher
- Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 287 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1673-7067
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