Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 6 , Pages 483-491 , November 2003

Ethnicity and four personality disorders

  • Denise A Chavira

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Denise A. Chavira, Ph.D., University of California San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, 8950 Villa La Jolla Dr, #2243, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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  • Carlos M Grilo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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  • M.Tracie Shea

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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  • Shirley Yen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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  • John G Gunderson

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Leslie C Morey

      Affiliations

    • Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, USA
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  • Andrew E Skodol

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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  • Robert L Stout

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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  • Mary C Zanarini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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  • Thomas H Mcglashan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

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doi: 10.1016/S0010-440X(03)00104-4

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 6 , Pages 483-491 , November 2003

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