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Excess mortality of mental illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

A.S. Brown
Affiliation:
University of Southampton, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton SO14 OYG
J. Birtwhistle
Affiliation:
University of Southampton, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton SO14 OYG
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Copyright © 1996 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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