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  1. Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Margaret E. Wiggins & Catherine Price

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  1. Population Division, UN Dept of Economic Social Affairs Population Division, New York, NY, USA

    Danan Gu

  2. Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA

    Matthew E. Dupre

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  1. Center for Cognitive aging and Memory, Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, McNight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Adam J. Woods

  2. Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Adam J. Woods

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Wiggins, M.E., Price, C. (2019). Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). In: Gu, D., Dupre, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_707-1

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