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Main Authors: Maria Bernardete Cordeiro de Sousa, Ana Cecília Galvão, Carla Jessica Rodrigues Sales, Dijenaide Chaves de Chaves de Castro, Nicole Leite Galvão Coelho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00160/full