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Kazi Ishtiak-Ahmed1, Åse Marie Hansen2,3, Erik Lykke Mortensen2,4

  • 1Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, kaah@sund.ku.dk.

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
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Dementia risk in old ageDepressive symptomsEarly sign of dementiaIndicator of dementiaMemoryPreclinical stage of dementia

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