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  1. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Rebecca C. Thurston

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Thurston, R.C. (2019). Matthews, Karen. In: Gellman, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6439-6_816-2

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