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Research Article

Emotional State of Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from the Cognitive and Social Well-Being (CoSoWELL) Corpus

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Pages 482-505 | Received 24 Feb 2023, Accepted 23 May 2023, Published online: 04 Jun 2023

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