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Clinical Issues

A Comparison of Selected MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF Validity Scales in Assessing Effort on Cognitive Tests in a Military Sample

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Pages 1207-1227 | Accepted 17 Jun 2011, Published online: 09 Sep 2011

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