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Prevalence of Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Rural Island Town of Ama-cho, Japan

Kenji Wada‐Isoe, Yusuke Uemura, Satoko Nakashita, Mika Yamawaki, Ken‐ichiro Tanaka, Mikie Yamamoto, Hiroshi Shimokata, Kenji Nakashima

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra · 2012 · 52 citations · 21 references

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Consistent with the striking increase in the number of elderly individuals, we report higher prevalence of MCI and dementia in Japan than previously described.

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