Effects of Mental Health Benefits Legislation
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Effects of Mental Health Benefits Legislation
ion and Evaluation of Studies Two reviewers evaluated each study using an adaptation of a standardized abstraction form, which included a quality assessment (www.thecommunityguide.org/methods/abstractionform. pdf). Disagreements were resolved by discussion and team consensus. DistillerSR, version 1, was used to manage references, screen citations, and abstract data. Microsoft Excel 2010 was use...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Preventive Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0749-3797
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.01.022