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Caregivers

Informal caregivers’ negative affect: The interplay of caregivers’ resilience, aging anxiety and burden

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Pages 1300-1306 | Received 26 Feb 2022, Accepted 12 Aug 2022, Published online: 27 Aug 2022

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