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Wisdom in healthy aging research: starting from measurement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2022

Huali Wang*
Affiliation:
Dementia Care and Research Center, Peking University Institute of Mental Health (Sixth Hospital), Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory for the Translational Research on Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University), Beijing, China

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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2022

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