Validity, reliability and objectivity of the family history method in psychiatry: A meta analysis
โ Scribed by Jochen Hardt; Petra Franke
- Book ID
- 118437735
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 236 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0924-9338
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