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Research Article

Anxiety symptoms among children after the Wenchuan earthquake in China

, M.D., Ph.D., , M.D., Ph.D., , M.D., Ph.D., , Ph.D. & , M.D., Ph.D.
Pages 349-354 | Accepted 13 Dec 2011, Published online: 30 Jan 2012

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