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Critical windows into a changing world: taking a life course and cohort view of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias risk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2022

Lorenzo Pini  and
Alexandra Wennberg Open the ORCID record for Alexandra Wennberg [Opens in a new window]
Lorenzo Pini
Affiliation:
Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Alexandra Wennberg*
Affiliation:
Unit of Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Email: wennberg.alexandra@ki.se
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 34 , Issue 4: Issue Theme: Varied Facets of Dementia , April 2022 , pp. 311 - 313
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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2022

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