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College students and the public stigma of dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2019

Sergio Luís Blay  and
Érica Toledo Piza Peluso
Sergio Luís Blay
Affiliation:
Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil E-mail: [email protected]
Érica Toledo Piza Peluso
Affiliation:
Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil E-mail: [email protected]
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 31 , Issue 10: Issue Theme: Dementia and the Society , October 2019 , pp. 1379 - 1381
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