Observations
Open letter to the prime minister and chief medical officer for England
There is no evidence base for proposed dementia screening
BMJ 2012; 345 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e8588 (Published 27 December 2012) Cite this as: BMJ 2012;345:e8588
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