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Prevalence of Dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

D. W. K. Kay
D. W. K. Kay*
Affiliation:
MRC Neurochemical Pathology Unit, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 154 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 121 - 122
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