Late mental health changes in tortured refugees in multidisciplinary treatment

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Late mental health changes in tortured refugees in multidisciplinary treatment. / Carlsson, Jessica Mariana; Olsen, Dorte Reff; Kastrup, Marianne; Mortensen, Erik Lykke.

In: Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Vol. 198, No. 11, 2010, p. 824-8.

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Carlsson, JM, Olsen, DR, Kastrup, M & Mortensen, EL 2010, 'Late mental health changes in tortured refugees in multidisciplinary treatment', Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, vol. 198, no. 11, pp. 824-8. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181f97be3

APA

Carlsson, J. M., Olsen, D. R., Kastrup, M., & Mortensen, E. L. (2010). Late mental health changes in tortured refugees in multidisciplinary treatment. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 198(11), 824-8. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181f97be3

Vancouver

Carlsson JM, Olsen DR, Kastrup M, Mortensen EL. Late mental health changes in tortured refugees in multidisciplinary treatment. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2010;198(11):824-8. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181f97be3

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Carlsson, Jessica Mariana ; Olsen, Dorte Reff ; Kastrup, Marianne ; Mortensen, Erik Lykke. / Late mental health changes in tortured refugees in multidisciplinary treatment. In: Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2010 ; Vol. 198, No. 11. pp. 824-8.

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