Dementia Screening Tools for the Primary Care Physician
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Release Date: February 1, 2007 Expiration Date: April 30, 2007 Estimated Time to Complete: 1 hour FULL DISCLOSURE POLICY AFFECTING CME ACTIVITIES As a provider accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), it is the policy of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to require the disclosure of the existence of any significant financial interest or any other relationship a faculty member or provider has with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) discussed in an educational presentation. The authors report no relevant financial relationships.
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