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Psychogeriatrics and the neo-epidemiologists1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Michael Shepherd
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , February 1984 , pp. 1 - 4
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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