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The Fear of COVID-19, Demographic Factors, and Substance use in a Multinational Sample Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

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|Jun 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eras-2021-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2286-2552 | Journal ISSN: 2286-2102
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Published on: Jun 28, 2021
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