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标题：Awareness of Alzheimer’s Disease
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作者：Robert Schaefer, ; Julie McNiffEd.
期刊名称：The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
印刷版ISSN：0014-5688
电子版ISSN：1937-4674
出版年度：2011
期号：10
页码：1-8
语种：English
出版社：The Federal Bureau of Investigation
摘要：Lurking in the shadows, an often unrecognized and unacknowledged threat faces law enforcement. Sometimes, law enforcement agencies diminish its importance because of a lack of understanding and desire to face it, as well as insufficient resources and training funds. This enemy, Alzheimer’s disease—“an age-related, degenerative, progressive brain disorder affecting memory, thought, behavior, personality, and muscle control”—was identified by Dr. Alois Alzheimer, a German neuropathologist/psychologist, in 1906.1.