Base rates, blindness, and schizophrenia

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Silverstein, Steven M ^a,b   Wang, Yushi ^a   Roché, Matthew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 84878868040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00157     Document Type: Note

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