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    Molly S. Clark

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Jansen, K.L., Fortenberry, K.T., Clark, M.S. (2017). Anxiety and Its Measurement. In: Gellman, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6439-6_938-2

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