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The World Health Organization cross-national research program on age-associated dementias

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  1. Studio Multicentrico sulla Demenza, Centro SMID, Via Il Prato 58, 50123, Firenze, Italy

    Luigi Amaducci, M. Baldereschi, M. P. Amato, A. Lippi & P. Nencini

  2. World Health Organization, Research Program on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    S. Maggi & J. Litvak

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Amaducci, L., Baldereschi, M., Amato, M.P. et al. The World Health Organization cross-national research program on age-associated dementias. Aging Clin Exp Res 3, 89–96 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03323983

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