Posttraumatic stress disorder: Diagnosis, prevalence, and research advances

Sociological Focus

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 97-108

  Kaspar, Violet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 85010619129     PISSN: 00380237     EISSN: 21621128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2002.10571224     Document Type: Article

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