Assessing Veteran Symptom Validity

Psychological Injury and Law

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 178-190

  Russo, Arthur C ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Ethics; Symptom validity; Veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902537358     PISSN: 1938971X     EISSN: 19389728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12207-014-9190-2     Document Type: Article

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