Woods, S. P., Scott, J. C., Sires, D. A., Grant, I., Heaton, R. K., Tröster, A. I., Atkinson, J. H., McCutchan, J. A., Marcotte, T. D., Wallace, M. R., Ellis, R. J., Letendre, S., Schrier, R., Cherner, M., Sadek, J., Young, C., Jernigan, T., Hesselink, J., Taylor, M. J., ... Lazzaretto, D. (2005). Action (verb) fluency: Test-retest reliability, normative standards, and construct validity. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11(4), 408-415. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617705050460
Action (verb) fluency: Test-retest reliability, normative standards, and construct validity. / Woods, Steven Paul; Scott, J. Cobb; Sires, Danielle A. et al.
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, Vol. 11, No. 4, 07.2005, p. 408-415.
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Woods, SP, Scott, JC, Sires, DA, Grant, I, Heaton, RK, Tröster, AI, Atkinson, JH, McCutchan, JA, Marcotte, TD, Wallace, MR, Ellis, RJ, Letendre, S, Schrier, R, Cherner, M, Sadek, J, Young, C, Jernigan, T, Hesselink, J, Taylor, MJ, Masliah, E, Langford, D, Masys, DR, Frybarger, M, Abramson, I & Lazzaretto, D 2005, 'Action (verb) fluency: Test-retest reliability, normative standards, and construct validity', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 408-415. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617705050460
Woods SP, Scott JC, Sires DA, Grant I, Heaton RK, Tröster AI et al. Action (verb) fluency: Test-retest reliability, normative standards, and construct validity. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 2005 Jul;11(4):408-415. doi: 10.1017/S1355617705050460
Woods, Steven Paul ; Scott, J. Cobb ; Sires, Danielle A. et al. / Action (verb) fluency : Test-retest reliability, normative standards, and construct validity. In: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 2005 ; Vol. 11, No. 4. pp. 408-415.
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