Depressive symptoms among the visually disabled in Wuhan: an epidemiological survey

Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 306-314

  Li, Wenxue ^a   Zhong, Baoliang ^a   Liu, Xiujun ^a   Huang, Xian'e ^a   Dai, Xiaoyan ^a   Hu, Qiongfang ^a   Zhang, Huishi ^a   Xu, Hanming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84891358034     PISSN: 10020829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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