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Empirical Studies

How community-dwelling seniors with multimorbidity conceive the concept of mental health and factors that may influence it: A phenomenographic study

, MSc, , PhD, , Professor & , PhD
Article: 19716 | Accepted 19 Nov 2012, Published online: 13 Dec 2012

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