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Clinical Interventions in Aging Volume 2, 2007 - Issue 4
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A non-pharmacological intervention to manage behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia and reduce caregiver distress: Design and methods of project ACT3

Laura N Gitlin1 Center for Applied Research on Aging and Health (CARAH), Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Laraine Winter1 Center for Applied Research on Aging and Health (CARAH), Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Marie P Dennis1 Center for Applied Research on Aging and Health (CARAH), Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Walter W Hauck2 Formely Division of Biostatistics, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Currently Sycamore Consulting, LLC New Hope, PA, USA;3 Funded by the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute on Nursing Research (Grant # R01 AG22254). Clinical trial registration #NCT0259480
Pages 695-703 | Published online: 15 Jan 2008

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