Editorial: Consumer fraud and dementia - Lessons learned from conmen

Dementia

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-285

  Cohen, A Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 48649085077     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301208093284     Document Type: Editorial

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