Perseverance time of informal caregivers for people with dementia: construct validity, responsiveness and predictive validity
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عنوان ژورنال: Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1758-9193
DOI: 10.1186/s13195-017-0251-0