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Experimental Aging Research
An International Journal Devoted to the Scientific Study of the Aging Process
Volume 21, 1995 - Issue 3
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Personality change in dementia of the alzheimer's type: Relations to caregiver personality and burden

E. Ayn Welleford Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Stephen W. Harkins Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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John R. Taylor Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Pages 295-314 | Received 12 Mar 1994, Accepted 04 Aug 1994, Published online: 27 Sep 2007

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