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Microbes and geriatric mental health: past, present, and future

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 April 2021

Eleonora D. Vaccariello
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
Tanya T. Nguyen*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA

Abstract

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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2021

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