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Treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder with Light: Preliminary Australian Experience

Iain M. McIntyre Psychoendncrine Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, 3084
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Stuart M. Armstrong Department of Psychology and Brain Behaviour Research Institute, Latrobe University
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Trevor R. Norman Psychoendncrine Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, 3084
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Graham D. Burrows Psychoendncrine Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, 3084
Pages 369-372 | Published online: 06 Dec 2010

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