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The authors are grateful to Robin Konkle Mays for editorial assistance. Work on this chapter was funded in part by grants DA 02270, DA 017642, and MH078152 from the National Institutes of Health. This chapter is in part adapted from Galea, S., Bresnahan, M., & Susser, S. (2006). Mental health in the city. In N. Freudenberg, S. Galea, & D. N. Vlahov (Eds.), Cities and the health of the public (pp. 247–276). TN: Vanderbilt University Press.
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Galea, S., Goldmann, E., Maxwell, A. (2009). City Living and Mental Health in History. In: Loue, S., Sajatovic, M. (eds) Determinants of Minority Mental Health and Wellness. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75659-2_2
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