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Influence of educational programs on attitudes of medical students towards psychiatry: Effects of psychiatric experience, gender, and personality dimensions

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Pages e303-e310 | Received 08 Jul 2008, Accepted 20 Nov 2008, Published online: 13 Aug 2009

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