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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry Volume 44, 2010 - Issue 10
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Factors associated with dementia in Aboriginal Australians

Kate Smith Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing (M570), Centre for Health Research, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia 6009, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
(Research Assistant Professor) ,
Leon Flicker Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing, Centre for Health Research, University of Western Australia; School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
(Director) ,
Anna Dwyer Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing (M570), Centre for Health Research, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
(Project Officer) ,
David Atkinson Rural Clinical School, University of Western Australia, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council, Broome, Western Australia
(Medical Educator) ,
Osvaldo P. Almeida Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing, Centre for Health Research, University of Western Australia; School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia; Department of Psychiatry, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia
(Director of Research) ,
Nicola T. Lautenschlager Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing, Centre for Health Research, University of Western Australia; School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia; Department of Psychiatry, Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia; Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, St Vincent's Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Victoria
(Professor of Psychiatry of Old Age) &
Dina LoGiudice National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne; Melbourne Health, Royal Park Campus, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
(Clinical Associate Professor) show all
Pages 888-893 | Received 23 Feb 2010, Accepted 02 May 2010, Published online: 10 Oct 2010

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