Life course perspectives on social factors and mental illness

Mental Health, Social Mirror

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 191-218

  George, Linda K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-36320-2_9     Document Type: Chapter

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