Emerging Trends in Biomedicine and Health Technology Innovation Addressing the Global Challenge of Alzheimer's

The economic and social impact of chronic brain disorders (CBD) such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative diseases will become the number one public-health problem worldwide, directly affecting 100 million people by 2050. On-going demographic trends, namely ageing populations...

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Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2013
Series:OECD Science, Technology and Industry Policy Papers
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