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Towards an integrated and life-course approach to the epidemiology of dementia

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Ma, Y. Towards an integrated and life-course approach to the epidemiology of dementia. Eur J Epidemiol 38, 729–731 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-023-01017-0

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