What's in a Taxon?

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-43

  Meehl, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXON;

EID: 1242320047     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.113.1.39     Document Type: Review

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