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Translating epidemiology in psychiatry: the future is here

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2012

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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