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Original Articles

Cross-cultural study comparing the association of familism with burden and depressive symptoms in two samples of Hispanic dementia caregivers

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Pages 69-76 | Received 28 Jun 2004, Accepted 20 Jan 2005, Published online: 18 Jan 2007

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