Health-Seeking Behaviors of Native American Indians With Persistent Mental Illness: Completing the Circle
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0883-9417
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2011.11.002