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Thoughts on comparative studies of dementia knowledge of older adults across cultural settings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2021

Fei Sun*
Affiliation:
School of Social Work, Michigan State University, East LansingMI, USA
Jaewon Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Social Welfare, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea
*

Abstract

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Copyright
© International Psychogeriatric Association 2021

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