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The epidemiology of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders: recent developments and issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2011

Eric Fombonne
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Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , December 1998 , pp. 161 - 166
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