Psychiatry Research
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 85-94 , 30 August 2003

A confirmatory factor analysis of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in coronary care patients following acute myocardial infarction

Received 23 September 2002 ,Revised 19 May 2003 ,Accepted 29 May 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00162-8

Psychiatry Research
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