Eugenics, genetics, and mental illness stigma in Chinese Americans.

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Published in Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol on November 16, 2010

Authors

Ahtoy J WonPat-Borja1, Lawrence H Yang, Bruce G Link, Jo C Phelan

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, 722 W. 168th St. 1610, New York, NY 10032, USA. aw258@columbia.edu

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