Dementia in China: East-west collaboration bears fruit

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9882, 2013, Pages 1967-1968

  Prince, Martin J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHINA; CHINESE; DEMENTIA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EUROPE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM CARE; NORTH AMERICA; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER REVIEW; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORK; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84878628378     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60770-9     Document Type: Note

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