Bilingualism: A Global Public Health Strategy for Healthy Cognitive Aging

Bilingualism: A Global Public Health Strategy for Healthy Cognitive Aging

Dementia is a global public health priority which cost global societies $818 billion in 2015 and is disproportionately impacting low and middle-income countries (LMICs). With limited availability of disease modifying drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease (AD), researchers have increasingly focused...

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Main Authors:	Sahan Benedict Mendis, Vanessa Raymont, Naji Tabet
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:	Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:	bilingualism cognitive reserve dementia healthy cognitive aging global public health low and middle income countries
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2021.628368/full

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