Psychotropic Drug Use in Intellectually Disabled Group-Home Residents with Behavioural Problems
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عنوان ژورنال: Pharmacopsychiatry
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0176-3679,1439-0795
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-19838