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The epidemiology of dementia: a review of recent work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

DWK Kay
DWK Kay*
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MRC Neurochemical Pathology Unit, Newcastle General Hospital, UK
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DWK Kay, MRC Neurochemical Pathology Unit, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UK.
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Psychiatry of old age
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , February 1991 , pp. 55 - 66
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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