Characterizing executive functioning in older special populations: From cognitively elite to cognitively impaired.
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Assessing pain in cognitively impaired older adults.
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuropsychology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1931-1559,0894-4105
DOI: 10.1037/a0016743