Psychiatry Research
Volume 151, Issue 1 , Pages 55-66 , 30 May 2007

The reliability and validity of the Test of Adaptive Behavior in Schizophrenia (TABS)

Received 13 December 2005 ,Revised 8 August 2006 ,Accepted 14 October 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.10.007

Psychiatry Research
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