Screening for dementia: Fluidity and the Mini Mental State Examination in India
β Scribed by Brijnath, B.
- Book ID
- 127008214
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 271 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1363-4615
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