Somatic symptom index (SSI): A new and abridged somatization construct: Prevalence and epidemiological correlates in two large community samples

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 140-146

  Escobar, Javier I ^a   Rubio Stipec, Maritza ^b   Canino, Glorisa ^b   Karno, Marvin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOMATIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMAN; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PUERTO RICO; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024558253     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-198903000-00003     Document Type: Article

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