Ontario Child Health Study: I. Methodology

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1987, Pages 826-831

  Boyle, Michael H ^a   Offord, David R ^a   Hofmann, Hank G ^b   Catlin, Gary P ^b   Byles, John A ^a   Cadman, David T ^a   Crawford, John W ^c   Links, Paul S ^a   Rae Grant, Naomi I ^a   Szatmari, Peter ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^c private practice in Victoria ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANADA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PLANNING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; ONTARIO; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023199920     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1987.01800210078012     Document Type: Article

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