Prevalence of dementia among different ethnic populations

Ethnicity and the Dementias: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3-9

  Yeo, Gwen ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ethnogeriatrics Committee American Geriatrics Society   (United States)

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EID: 84909042833     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203957271     Document Type: Chapter

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