About the Authors
- Ngaire Kerse
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* E-mail: n.kerse@auckland.ac.nz
Affiliation Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Leon Flicker
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Affiliation Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- Jon J. Pfaff
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Affiliation Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- Brian Draper
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Affiliation School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Nicola T. Lautenschlager
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Affiliation Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- Moira Sim
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Affiliation Graduate Higher Degree Systems Program, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Postgraduate Medicine, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
- John Snowdon
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Affiliation Discipline of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Osvaldo P. Almeida
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Affiliation Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Competing Interests
BD has received honorariums from Pfizer for giving presentations and workshops at educational meetings. NTL and MS have received honorariums from Pfizer for giving presentations and workshops at educational meetings. JS is a member of the Janssen-Cilag Australian Advisory Board on use of medication in treating people with dementia, has received funding for his attendance at meetings and has been an investigator in studies sponsored by Janssen-Cilag and by AstraZeneca. He has also received financial support (mostly more than 5 years ago) for involvement in or speaking at educational meetings from Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Lundbeck, Wyeth, Organon and other pharmaceutical companies. NK, OA and LF have no conflicts of interest.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: OA NK LF JP BD NL MS JS. Performed the experiments: OA NK JP BD. Analyzed the data: OA NK LF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OA NL MS JS. Wrote the paper: OA NK LF JP BD NL MS JS.