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International Review of Psychiatry Volume 14, 2002 - Issue 3: The quality of life construct in psychiatry - the state of the art
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Studies of quality of life in the general population

Sherrill Evans Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, UK
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Peter Huxley Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, UK
Pages 203-211 | Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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