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Prevalence of premenstrual syndrome and its relationship to depressive symptoms in first-year university students

Ayla Acikgoz, Ayfer Dayi and Tolga Binbay
Saudi Medical Journal November 2017, 38 (11) 1125-1131; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.11.20526

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