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Original articles

Mental health first aid training by e-learning: a randomized controlled trial

(Professorial Fellow) , (Senior Lecturer) , (Research Assistant) & (Research Fellow)
Pages 1072-1081 | Received 10 Aug 2010, Accepted 12 Aug 2010, Published online: 11 Nov 2010

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