Wright, David M. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8948-3691
Newell, Katherine
Maguire, Aideen
O’Reilly, Dermot
Funding for this research was provided by:
Economic and Social Research Council (ES/L007509/1)
Northern Ireland Health and Social Care R & D Division (STL/4918/13)
Article History
Received: 20 April 2018
Accepted: 10 October 2018
First Online: 11 November 2018
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