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Association Between Metformin Initiation and Incident Dementia Among African American and White Veterans Health Administration Patients

Jeffrey F. Scherrer, John E. Morley, Joanne Salas, James S. Floyd, Susan A. Farr and Sascha Dublin
The Annals of Family Medicine July 2019, 17 (4) 352-362; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2415
Jeffrey F. Scherrer
1Department of Family and Community Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
2Harry S. Truman Veterans Administration Medical Center, Research Service, Columbia, Missouri
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John E. Morley
3Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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Joanne Salas
1Department of Family and Community Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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James S. Floyd
4Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
5Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
6Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Susan A. Farr
3Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
7Saint Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Research Service, John Cochran Division, St Louis, Missouri
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Sascha Dublin
4Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
8Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
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Jeffrey F. Scherrer, John E. Morley, Joanne Salas, James S. Floyd, Susan A. Farr, Sascha Dublin
The Annals of Family Medicine Jul 2019, 17 (4) 352-362; DOI: 10.1370/afm.2415

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