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Wellbeing and Depression

Instrumental support primarily provided by adult children and trajectories of depressive symptoms among older adults with disabilities in rural China

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Pages 646-652 | Received 07 Sep 2020, Accepted 13 Mar 2022, Published online: 27 Mar 2022

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