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Original Article

Posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbidity in Australian Vietnam veterans: Risk factors, chronicity and combat

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Pages 32-42 | Received 24 Jan 1997, Accepted 27 Sep 1997, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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