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International Review of Psychiatry Volume 20, 2008 - Issue 4: Controversies in dementia
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Ageing and dementia in low and middle income countries–Using research to engage with public and policy makers

Martin Prince Section of Epidemiology, Health Services Research, King's College London, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Daisy Acosta Internal Medicine Department, Geriatric Section Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ureña (UNPHU), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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Emiliano Albanese Section of Epidemiology, Health Services Research, King's College London, London, UK
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Raul Arizaga Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology Unit, Neuraxis Institute - Neurological Foundation, Buenos Aires–Argentina
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Cleusa P. Ferri Section of Epidemiology, Health Services Research, King's College London, London, UK
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Mariella Guerra Psychogeriatric Unit, National Institute of Mental Health “Honorio Delgado Hideyo Noguchi”, Lima–Perú
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Yueqin Huang Institute of Mental Health, Peking University, Haidian District Beijing, China
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KS Jacob Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Ivonne Z. Jimenez-Velazquez University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Juan Llibre Rodriguez Facultad de Medicina Finley-Albarran, Medical University of Havana, Cuba
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Aquiles Salas Medicine Department, Caracas University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas
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Ana Luisa Sosa The Cognition and Behavior Unit, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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Renata Sousa Dept. of Mental Health, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria
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Richard Uwakwe University of the Free State Bloemfontein, South Africa
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Rikus van der Poel Department of Community Health, Voluntary Health Services, Chennai, India
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Joseph Williams Executive Director, Alzheimer's Disease International, London, UK
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Marc Wortmann Executive Director, Alzheimer's Disease International, London, UK
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Pages 332-343 | Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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