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Demographic and psychosocial predictors of major depression and generalised anxiety disorder in Australian university students
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- Authors
- Farrer, L. M., Gulliver, A., Bennett, K., Fassnacht, D. B., & Griffiths, K. M.
- Venue
- BMC Psychiatry
- Published
- 2016-07-15
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 1471-244X
- PMC
- PMC4946110
- Cited by
- 185
- References
- 21
- Language
- en
- Funders
- National Health and Medical Research Council (1059620)
- Cooperative Research Centres, Australian Government Department of Industry (AU)
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