Somatic depressive symptoms, vital exhaustion, and fatigue: divergent validity of overlapping constructs.

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  • Willem J Kop
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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Psychosomatic medicine

دوره 74 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012