Dementia--the quiet epidemic.

British medical journal ·Vol. 1 ·No. 6104 ·1978-01-07 ·Pages 1-2

Abstract

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MeSH Terms

Aged Alzheimer Disease/etiology Community Health Services Dementia/therapy Humans Quality of Health Care

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Article Info

Journal

British medical journal

Abbr.

Br Med J

ISSN

0007-1447

Published

1978-01-07

Pages

1-2

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

0372673

PMCID

PMC1602470

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