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Chronic Pain in Multiple Sites and Dementia: A Vicious Cycle?

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Funding

This work was supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (1173155, 1117037 and 1157535). The funder had no role in the study design; data analysis, and interpretation; manuscript preparation, review, and approval.

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  1. Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 23, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia

    J. Tian, G. Jones, X. Lin, Y. Zhou & Feng Pan

  2. Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

    A. King & J. Vickers

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Contributions

Study concept and design: JT, FP; Statistical analysis: JT, LX; Drafting of the manuscript: JT; Critical revision of the manuscript: JT, GJ, XL, YZ, AK, JV, FP.

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Correspondence to Feng Pan.

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How to cite this article: J. Tian, G. Jones, X. Lin, et al. Letter to the Editor: Chronic Pain in Multiple Sites and Dementia: A Vicious Cycle? J Prev Alz Dis 2023; https://doi.org/10.14283/jpad.2023.120

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Tian, J., Jones, G., Lin, X. et al. Chronic Pain in Multiple Sites and Dementia: A Vicious Cycle?. J Prev Alzheimers Dis 11, 527–528 (2024). https://doi.org/10.14283/jpad.2023.120

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