Old age psychiatry and geriatric medicine admissions and elderly suicide rates in England.

نویسنده

  • Ajit Shah
چکیده

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • International psychogeriatrics

دوره 22 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010