Validation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in an Iranian sample
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Validation of the Persian version of Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in Iranian Women
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Women's Mental Health
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1434-1816,1435-1102
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-007-0204-x