Symptom validity testing of remote memory in a criminal forensic setting

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

سال: 1996

ISSN: 0887-6177,1873-5843

DOI: 10.1093/arclin/11.7.589