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Perceptions of cause and control in people with Alzheimer's disease. / Matchwick, Claire; Domone, Rachel; Leroi, Iracema et al.
In: The Gerontologist, Vol. 54, No. 2, 2014, p. 268-276.

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Matchwick, C, Domone, R, Leroi, I & Simpson, J 2014, 'Perceptions of cause and control in people with Alzheimer's disease', The Gerontologist, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 268-276. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnt014

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Matchwick, C., Domone, R., Leroi, I., & Simpson, J. (2014). Perceptions of cause and control in people with Alzheimer's disease. The Gerontologist, 54(2), 268-276. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnt014

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Matchwick C, Domone R, Leroi I, Simpson J. Perceptions of cause and control in people with Alzheimer's disease. The Gerontologist. 2014;54(2):268-276. Epub 2013 Mar 19. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnt014

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Matchwick, Claire ; Domone, Rachel ; Leroi, Iracema et al. / Perceptions of cause and control in people with Alzheimer's disease. In: The Gerontologist. 2014 ; Vol. 54, No. 2. pp. 268-276.

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