The epidemiology of anxiety disorders

Anxiety Disorders: Theory, Research, and Clinical Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 6-19

  Comer, Jonathan S ^a   Olfson, Mark ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511777578.004     Document Type: Chapter

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