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(Meta)cognitive beliefs in posttraumatic stress disorder following forced displacement at the end of the Second World War in older adults and their offspring

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Pages 452-462 | Received 14 Aug 2012, Accepted 27 Nov 2012, Published online: 28 Feb 2013

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