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Sustained informal care: The feasibility, construct validity and test–retest reliability of the CarerQol-instrument to measure the impact of informal care in long-term care

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Pages 1018-1027 | Received 01 Dec 2010, Accepted 16 Mar 2011, Published online: 27 Jun 2011

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