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Depression in old age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Cornelius LE Katona  and
Vivienne Watkin
Cornelius LE Katona*
Affiliation:
University College London Medical School, London, UK
Vivienne Watkin
Affiliation:
University College London Medical School, London, UK
*
Cornelius LE Katona, Department of Psychiatry, University College London Medical School, Wolfson Building, Middlesex Site, London W1N 8AA. UK.
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Psychiatry of old age
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , November 1995 , pp. 427 - 441
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