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Original Article

The Nordic comparative study on sectorized psychiatry: Clinical and social patient characteristics predicting use of psychiatric services during a 1-year follow-up study

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Pages 433-442 | Accepted 15 Sep 1996, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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