Anxiety and anxiety disorders in the old and very old—Results from the Berlin aging study (BASE)
✍ Scribed by R.T. Schaub; M. Linden
- Book ID
- 117082207
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 714 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1532-8384
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