Expanding the Evidence: Key Priorities for Research on Mental Health Interventions for Refugees in High-income Countries

Overview

Journal Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Specialties Psychiatry
Public Health

Date 2017 Nov 17

PMID 29143713

Citations 20

Authors

M Sijbrandij

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