Psychiatry Research
Volume 109, Issue 1 , Pages 9-16 , 31 January 2002

NEO-FFI factor scores as predictors of clinical response to fluoxetine in depressed outpatients

Received 12 December 2000 ,Revised 2 November 2001 ,Accepted 28 November 2001.

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