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Life events and psychological morbidity: the evidence from prospective studies1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Christopher Tennant
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , August 1983 , pp. 483 - 486
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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