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Review
. 2020 Jun;10(1):010362.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.010362.

Current trends and challenges on dementia management and research in Latin America

Ricardo Nitrini  1 , Maira Tonidandel Barbosa  2   3 , Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki  1 , Mônica Sanches Yassuda  1   4 , Paulo Caramelli  2
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Current trends and challenges on dementia management and research in Latin America

Ricardo Nitrini et al. J Glob Health. 2020 Jun.
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Competing interests: The authors completed the Unified Competing Interest form at www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf (available upon request from the corresponding author), and declare no conflicts of interest.

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