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Osvaldo P Almeida1, Kieran McCaul2, Graeme J Hankey2

  • 1Osvaldo P. Almeida, PhD, School of Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA Centre for Health & Ageing of Centre for Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Perth, and Department of Psychiatry, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth; Kieran McCaul, PhD, WA Centre for Health & Ageing of Centre for Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Perth; Graeme J. Hankey, MD, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, and Department of Neurology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth; Bu B. Yeap, PhD, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, and Department of Endocrinology, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth; Jonathan Golledge, MChir, Queensland Research Centre for Peripheral Vascular Disease, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, and Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville; Leon Flicker, PhD, WA Centre for Health & Ageing of Centre for Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Perth, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, and Department of Geriatric Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia osvaldo.almeida@uwa.edu.au.

The British Journal of Psychiatry : the Journal of Mental Science
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