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Original Articles

Adaptation of the Barts Explanatory Model Inventory to dementia understanding in South Asian ethnic minorities

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Pages 594-602 | Received 17 Nov 2014, Accepted 13 Mar 2015, Published online: 15 Apr 2015

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