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Screening for Dementia: Family Caregiver Questionnaires Reliably Predict Dementia
Marilee Monnot, Meg Brosey and Elliott Ross
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice July 2005, 18 (4) 240-256; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.18.4.240
Marilee Monnot
PhD
Meg Brosey
MS

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Screening for Dementia: Family Caregiver Questionnaires Reliably Predict Dementia
Marilee Monnot, Meg Brosey, Elliott Ross
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice Jul 2005, 18 (4) 240-256; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.18.4.240
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