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Cognition and attitudes

Older Korean Americans’ concern about Alzheimer’s disease: the role of immigration-related factors and objective and subjective cognitive status

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Pages 807-813 | Received 24 Jul 2019, Accepted 18 Jan 2020, Published online: 31 Jan 2020

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