Genetic attribution for schizophrenia, depression, and skin cancer: Impact on social distance

New Zealand Journal of Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 154-160

  Breheny, Mary ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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