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Quality of life and patterns of unmet need for resource decisions

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Murrell, S.A., Schulte, P.J., Hutchins, G.L. et al. Quality of life and patterns of unmet need for resource decisions. Am J Commun Psychol 11, 25–39 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00898417

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