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Original Article

Sociodemographic, physical and psychosocial factors associated with depressive behaviour in family caregivers of stroke survivors in the acute care phase

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Pages 797-809 | Received 27 Mar 2003, Accepted 20 Jan 2004, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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