On science, statistics and mental states

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Published: Nov 29, 2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5750/ijpcm.v1i3.129

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Eyal Shahar
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

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Vol. 1 No. 3 (2011): September
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Letters
Author Biography

Eyal Shahar, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

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