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Translating epidemiology in psychiatry: the future is here

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2012

M. Weissman
M. Weissman*
Affiliation:
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 24, New York, NY 10032, USA
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(Email: [email protected])
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Keywords

Birth cohortscommunity surveysEEGgeneticshigh riskMRIpsychiatric epidemiologytranslational epidemiology
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Commentaries
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Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , June 2012 , pp. 167 - 169
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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