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The mortality of mental illness in older age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Alison M Langley
Alison M Langley*
Affiliation:
Worthing Priority Care NHS Trust, West Sussex, UK
*
Alison Langley, Community Mental Health Centre, Pepperville House, Littlehampton, West Sussex BN19 7QU, UK.
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , February 1995 , pp. 103 - 112
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