Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 12 , Pages 1359-1360 , December 2008

Little Women: Building the Evidence Base for Preventing Depression in Girls

  • Bonnie T. Zima, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Bonnie Zima, M.D., Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles Health Services Research Center, 10920 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90024–6505

,Accepted 31 July 2008.

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PII: S0890-8567(08)60132-X

doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181896114

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 12 , Pages 1359-1360 , December 2008

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