Psychiatric emergency referrals in a tertiary care hospital
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2589-8302
DOI: 10.4103/mjdrdypu.mjdrdypu_180_17