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Caregiving stress: the interplay between blood pressure and other variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2021

Javier López*
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Department of Psychology and Pedagogy, School of Medicine, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Madrid, Spain
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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2021

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