Psychiatric emergency service users at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2005
ISSN: 2078-6786,1608-9685
DOI: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v11i3.108