The Q* Index: A Useful Global Measure of Dementia Screening Test Accuracy
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The Q* Index: A Useful Global Measure of Dementia Screening Test Accuracy?
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عنوان ژورنال: Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1664-5464
DOI: 10.1159/000430784