Laughter and humor as complementary and alternative medicines for dementia patients
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The number of dementia patients has increased worldwide, with an estimated 13.7 million dementia patients in the Asia Pacific region alone. This number is expected to increase to 64.6 million by the year 2050.</p> <p>Disc...
Main Authors: | Morihara Takashi, Tagami Shinji, Okochi Masayasu, Kudo Takashi, Hashimoto Ryota, Takeda Masatoshi, Sadick Golam, Tanaka Toshihisa |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-06-01
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Series: | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/10/28 |
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