Gender effect on attitudes towards the mentally ill: A survey of Yurkish University students

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-61

  Savrun, Bayram Mert ^a   Arikan, Kemal ^a   Uysal, Omer ^a   Cetin, Gunay ^b   Poyraz, Burc Cagri ^a   Aksoy, Cana ^a   Bayar, Mahmut Reha ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Cerrahpasa Tip Fakultesi ^*

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EID: 34347204513     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
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