Geriatric Nursing
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 238-243 , July 2006

Assessment of Attention in Alzheimer’s Disease

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doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2006.06.003

Geriatric Nursing
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 238-243 , July 2006

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