Cultural aspects of aging and psychopathology

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 112-120

  Dein, S ^a   Huline Dickens, S ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0007783386     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607869757209     Document Type: Article

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