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Comment
. 2009;32(1):70-1.
doi: 10.1159/000170909. Epub 2008 Nov 12.

Vital records and dementia

Lewis H Kuller  1 , Diane G Ives
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Vital records and dementia

Lewis H Kuller et al. Neuroepidemiology. 2009.
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