Defining dementia: Social and historical background of Alzheimer disease

Genetic Testing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-19

  Fox, Patrick J ^a   Kelly, Susan E ^b   Tobin, Sara L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0033042563     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.1999.3.13     Document Type: Review

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