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Series
Medical Research Council: Neurobiology and Mental Health Board: Minutes and Papers
Catalogue reference: FD 17
What's it about?
FD 17
Minutes and papers of the Neurobiology and Mental Health Board.
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- FD 17
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Title (The name of the record)
- Medical Research Council: Neurobiology and Mental Health Board: Minutes and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1974-1989
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes and papers of the Neurobiology and Mental Health Board.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Neurobiology and Mental Health Board, 1974-1989
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 115 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Neurobiology and Mental Health Board was set up in 1974 to instigate and support research in the field of diseases and problems of the nervous system.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7280/
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