Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 98-103 , March 2010

The worldwide societal costs of dementia: Estimates for 2009

  • Anders Wimo

      Affiliations

    • KI-Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 705795383; Fax: +46 652 36614.
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  • Bengt Winblad

      Affiliations

    • KI-Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Linus Jönsson

      Affiliations

    • i3 Innovus, Stockholm, Sweden

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PII: S1552-5260(10)00015-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2010.01.010

Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 98-103 , March 2010

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