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Help-Seeking: A review of the literature

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This study was supported by grants from the Administration on Aging, #90-A-644, and from the National Institute on Aging, NIA 5-PO1-AG 00123.

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Gourash, N. Help-Seeking: A review of the literature. Am J Commun Psychol 6, 413–423 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00941418

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