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Using social media to disseminate geroscience for implementation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2021

Christina Pierpaoli Parker  and
Maggie Syme Open the ORCID record for Maggie Syme [Opens in a new window]
Christina Pierpaoli Parker*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL, USA
Maggie Syme
Affiliation:
Center on Aging, Department of Gerontology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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Email: cpierpaoli@uabmc.edu
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 33 , Special Issue 9: Issue Theme: Implementation Science II , September 2021 , pp. 987 - 995
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