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Mental Health and the Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Hugh Freeman*
Affiliation:
Salford Area Health Authority (Teaching); Environmental Institute, University of Salford; Hope Hospital, Eccles Old Road, Salford M6 8HD

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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