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The US National Comorbidity Survey: overview and future directions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2011

Ronald C. Kessler ,
James C. Anthony ,
Daniel G. Blazer ,
Evelyn Bromet ,
William W. Eaton ,
Kenneth Kendler ,
Marvin Swartz ,
Hans-Ulrich Wittchen  and
Shanyang Zhao
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Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , April 1997 , pp. 4 - 16
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