A semantic verbal fluency test for English- and Spanish-speaking older Mexican-Americans
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0887-6177
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2004.06.001