Cross-Cultural Studies and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-46

  Stein, Dan J ^a   Rapoport, Judith L ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

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EID: 85011463405     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: 21656509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900000675     Document Type: Article

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