Dementia in low-income and middle-income countries: Different realities mandate tailored solutions

In a Perspective, Cleusa Ferri and K. S. Jacob discuss the assessment, recognition, and care of people living with dementia in low- and middle-income countries.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  PLoS Medicine

• Publication date

  2017-03-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Business

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  DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002271PMID 28350797PMCID 5370095
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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