Development of a short questionnaire for use in epidemiological studies of depression in children and adolescents

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 237-249

  Angold, Adrian ^a   Costello, Elizabeth J ^a   Messer, Stephen C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Children and adolescents; Depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011883960     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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