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Alternative versions of stigma: attitudes of the Greek public toward refugees amid economic recession

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  1. First Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Marina Economou & Helen Lazaratou

  2. University Mental Health Research Institute (UMHRI), Athens, Greece

    Marina Economou & Elena Dieti

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Economou, M., Dieti, E. & Lazaratou, H. Alternative versions of stigma: attitudes of the Greek public toward refugees amid economic recession. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 268, 213–214 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-017-0846-2

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