Ethnicity and psychosis: Examining the nature of the relationship

Health Education: Challenges, Issues and Impact

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 119-144

  Anglin, Deidre M ^a,c   Lee, Rufina ^c   Yang, Larry ^c   Lo, Graciete ^b   Opler, Mark ^c  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

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