Economic burden of late-life depression: Cost of illness, cost of treatment, and cost control policies

Mood Disorders in Later Life

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 111-121

  Verma, Kiran ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85076655298     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3109/9781420053302-9     Document Type: Chapter

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