Addressing Disparities in Alzheimer's Disease and African-American Participation in Research: An Asset-Based Community Development Approach

Overview

Journal Front Aging Neurosci

Specialty Geriatrics

Date 2019 Jun 20

PMID 31214014

Citations 26

Authors

Gina Green-Harris

Sheryl L Coley

Rebecca L Koscik

Nia C Norris

Stephanie L Houston

Mark A Sager

Sterling C Johnson

Dorothy Farrar Edwards

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