Determinants of carer stress in Alzheimer's disease

@article{Donaldson1998DeterminantsOC,
  title={Determinants of carer stress in Alzheimer's disease},
  author={Catherine Donaldson and Nicholas Tarrier and Alistair Burns},
  journal={International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry},
  year={1998},
  volume={13}
}
Objectives. To explore the impact of subgroups and individual symptoms of non‐cognitive disturbance on the carers of Alzheimer's disease patients. 
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