Racial/ethnic differences in general physical symptoms and medically unexplained physical symptoms: Investigating the role of education.
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عنوان ژورنال: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1939-0106,1099-9809
DOI: 10.1037/cdp0000319