Electricity and electroconvulsive therapy

Electroconvulsive and Neuromodulation Therapies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-16

  Swartz, Conrad M ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84861971337     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511576393.002     Document Type: Chapter

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