Quality of life and functional impairment in compulsive hoarding
β Scribed by Sanjaya Saxena; Catherine R. Ayers; Karron M. Maidment; Tanya Vapnik; Julie L. Wetherell; Alexander Bystritsky
- Book ID
- 113750765
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 150 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3956
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