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Political drive to screen for pre-dementia: not evidence based and ignores the harms of diagnosis

BMJ 2013; 347 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f5125 (Published 09 September 2013) Cite this as: BMJ 2013;347:f5125

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