Psychiatric Referral Pattern in a General Hospital
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal of Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2631-2026,2631-2018
DOI: 10.3126/mjpahs.v1i1.22456