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Research Article

Academic burnout and depression of Chinese medical students in the pre-clinical years: the buffering hypothesis of resilience and social support

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Pages 1094-1105 | Received 24 Jan 2019, Accepted 19 Dec 2019, Published online: 30 Dec 2019

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