Depressive symptoms in people with chronic physical conditions: prevalence and risk factors in a Hong Kong community sample
✍ Scribed by Hairong Nan, Paul H Lee, Ian McDowell, Michael Y Ni, Sunita M Stewart…
- Book ID
- 120680508
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 219 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1471-244X
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