A clinician's guide to statistics and epidemiology in mental health : measuring truth and uncertainty /

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Author / Creator:Ghaemi, S. Nassir.
Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Description:xii, 151 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8005592
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Varying Form of Title:Statistics and epidemiology in mental health
ISBN:9780521709583 (pbk.)
052170958X (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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