Methodological Challenges in Cross-Cultural Mental Health Research

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-184

  Canino, Glorisa ^a   Lewis Fernandez, Roberto ^a   Bravo, Milagros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

cultural diversity; Hispanic mental health research; instrument adaptation; psychiatric epidemiology; transcultural research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001466103     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346159703400201     Document Type: Article

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