Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 390-397 , September 2005

Psychometric properties of a Russian version of the SF-12 Health Survey in a refugee population

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.12.002

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 390-397 , September 2005

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