Family boundary ambiguity predicts alzheimer’s outcomes

Psychiatry (New York)

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 347-356

  Caron, Wayne ^a   Boss, Pauline ^a   Mortimer, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0033490207     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/00332747.1999.11024882     Document Type: Article

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