Asylum seekers and refugees in Britain: What brings asylum seekers to the United Kingdom?
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Overgeneral memory in asylum seekers and refugees.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0959-8138
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7284.485