Dementia risk factors for australian baby boomers

Neurology International

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-61

  Panegyres, Peter K ^a   Gray, Victoria ^a  

^a Neurodegenerative Disorders Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Baby boomers; Dementia; Evidence based guidelines

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960571773     PISSN: 20358385     EISSN: 20358377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ni.2010.e13     Document Type: Article

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