Ataques de Nervios and Somatic Complaints Among Island and Mainland Puerto Rican Children
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Ataques de Nervios and their psychiatric correlates in Puerto Rican children from two different contexts.
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عنوان ژورنال: CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1755-5930
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5949.2010.00137.x