Socioeconomic position and major mental disorders.
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چکیده
1 Department of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Maryland-Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. 2 Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland-Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. 3 Department of Mental Hygiene, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. 4 Population and Family Health Science, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Epidemiologic reviews
دوره 26 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004