Validity of the scaled version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) in a Spanish population

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 135-140

  Artal, Jesus ^b   PÉrez echeverría, Maria Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SPAIN;

EID: 0022572080     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700002579     Document Type: Article

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