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    Aleksandar Janca

  2. Western Australia Country Health Service-Kimberley, Kimberley Mental Health and Drug Service, P.O. Box 3475, Broome, WA, 6725, Australia

    Murray Chapman

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Chapman, M., Janca, A. Bridging the Distance Between Urban and Rural Psychiatry. Curr Psychiatry Rep 13, 174–177 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-011-0197-z

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