An estimate of the prevalence of dementia in Africa: A systematic analysis

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  George Carey, Rhiannon ^a   Adeloye, Davies ^a   Chan, Kit Yee ^b,c   Paul, Abigail ^a   Kolčić, Ivana ^d   Campbell, Harry ^a   Rudan, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

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EID: 85061038895     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.02.020401     Document Type: Article

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