Community Healthcare for Dementia : Measures Made as a Dementia Medical Center
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عنوان ژورنال: JOURNAL OF THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF RURAL MEDICINE
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0468-2513,1349-7421
DOI: 10.2185/jjrm.65.144