Prevention of depression, recurrences, and complications in late life

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 743-750

  Katz, Ira R ^a   Streim, Joel ^a   Parmelee, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b POLISHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0027960640     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1994.1128     Document Type: Article

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