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Underwood M, Lamb SE, Eldridge S, et al. Exercise for depression in care home residents: a randomised controlled trial with cost-effectiveness analysis (OPERA). Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2013 May. (Health Technology Assessment, No. 17.18.)

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