One striking paradox in epidemiologic research is the strong association between diet and cancer in ecologic studies compared with the weaker associations reported in many within-country case-control and cohort studies. However, most ecologic studies have relied on indirect measures of dietary intak
A comparative study of obsessive-compulsive disorder in Costa Rica and the United States
✍ Scribed by Denise A. Chavira; Helena Garrido; Monica Bagnarello; Amin Azzam; Victor I. Reus; Carol A. Mathews
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 133 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1091-4269
- DOI
- 10.1002/da.20357
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