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Fluctuation of Danish psychiatric admission rates in World War II: Initial decrease and subsequent increase

Trends in psychiatric hospital admissions 1939–1948

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    B. B. Svendsen M. D.

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Svendsen, B.B. Fluctuation of Danish psychiatric admission rates in World War II: Initial decrease and subsequent increase. Psych Quar 27, 19–37 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01562472

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