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Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale is an accurate and cross-cultural and education-unbiased instrument to screen older persons: results from a meta-analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 October 2020

Jerson Laks*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract

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Commentary
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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2020

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