Validation of short screening tests for depression, response to Seymour (2005)
โ Scribed by R. C. Baldwin
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 32 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
- DOI
- 10.1002/gps.1254
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