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Cognitive impairment and depression in the oldest old in a German and in U.S. communities

✍ Scribed by Manfred M. Fichter; Martha L. Bruce; Hildegard Schröppel; Ingeborg Meller; Kathleen Merikangas

Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
1995
Tongue
English
Weight
764 KB
Volume
245
Category
Article
ISSN
1433-8491

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