On the Relation Between a Green and Bright Window View and Length of Hospital Stay in Affective Disorders

Overview

Journal Eur Psychiatry

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2022 Feb 22

PMID 35189997

Authors

Anna Mascherek

Sandra Weber

Kevin Riebandt

Carlos Cassanello

Gregor Leicht

Tim Brick

Jurgen Gallinat

Simone Kuhn

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