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Mental Representations of Military Veterans: The Pictures (and Words) In Our Heads

Open Access
|Dec 2020

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Language: English
Page range: 61 - 71
Submitted on: Sep 29, 2020
Accepted on: Oct 8, 2020
Published on: Dec 10, 2020
Published by: Virginia Tech Publishing
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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