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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Danish Soldiers 2.5 Years after Military Deployment in Afghanistan: The Role of Personality Traits as Predisposing Risk Factors Cover

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Danish Soldiers 2.5 Years after Military Deployment in Afghanistan: The Role of Personality Traits as Predisposing Risk Factors

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|Feb 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jeps.cp | Journal eISSN: 2222-6931
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 9
Published on: Feb 5, 2015
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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