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Health research on the Irish in Britain: invisible and excluded

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Gerard Leavey ,
Grania Clarke ,
Michael King  and
Roland Littlewood
Gerard Leavey*
Affiliation:
Haringey Healthcare NHS Trust Kate Marsden Unit, St Ann's Hospital St Ann's Road, London N15 3TH
Grania Clarke
Affiliation:
Director Health Concern For Irish People
Michael King
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital London
Roland Littlewood
Affiliation:
University College London
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∗Correspondence
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 21 , Issue 12 , December 1997 , pp. 739 - 740
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