Cancer mortality among elderly patients with brief psychotic disorder
✍ Scribed by Liisi Bashmakov; Esa Leinonen; Maire Santala; Heikki Santala; Tuuli Hyötylä; Raimo K. R. Salokangas
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 34 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
- DOI
- 10.1002/gps.607
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