Thomas Niederkrotenthaler1, Thomas Kapitany2

  • 1Center for Public Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Unit Public Mental Health Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. thomas.niederkrotenthaler@meduniwien.ac.at.

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