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Anxiety in childhood across the globe: findings from meta-regression analyses of the past 15 years (1998–2013)

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  1. Anxiety Disorders Outpatient Program for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Ramiro Barcelos 2350, Room 2201A, Porto Alegre, 90035-003, Brazil

    N. P. Gosmann, D. A. DeSousa, G. G. Manfro & G. A. Salum

  2. National Institute of Developmental Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents (INCT-CNPq), São Paulo, Brazil

    N. P. Gosmann, G. G. Manfro & G. A. Salum

  3. Center for Psychological Studies on At-Risk Populations, Institute of Psychology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    L. V. Vaz, D. A. DeSousa & S. H. Koller

  4. Emotion and Development Branch, Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA

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Gosmann, N.P., Vaz, L.V., DeSousa, D.A. et al. Anxiety in childhood across the globe: findings from meta-regression analyses of the past 15 years (1998–2013). Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 25, 557–561 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-015-0785-2

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