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Has psychiatric epidemiology reached a critical juncture?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2013

E. Susser*
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
*
Address for correspondence: Professor Ezra Susser, Mailman School of Public Health, 722 West 168th Street, Suite 1030, New York, NY 10032, USA. (Email: [email protected])

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