Pretrauma Cognitive Ability and Risk for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Pretrauma cognitive ability and risk for posttraumatic stress disorder: a twin study.
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of General Psychiatry
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0003-990X
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.64.3.361