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Lonely and sad and/or sad and lonely?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2022

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Lena Dahlberg*
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School of Health and Welfare, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Email: ldh@du.se
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 34 , Special Issue 7: Issue Theme: Wisdom, Loneliness, and Other Behavioral Traits , July 2022 , pp. 613 - 616
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