Becoming a psychiatrist-researcher: What it means and how to do it

Art Walaszek; Ronald Rieder

doi:10.1176/appi.ap.35.1.58

Becoming a psychiatrist-researcher: What it means and how to do it

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	58-64
Number of pages	7
Journal	Academic Psychiatry
Volume	35
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.35.1.58
State	Published - Jan 2011

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