Validation of the arabic versions of the thirty- and twelve-item general health questionnaires in primary care patients

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 662-664

  El Rufaie, Omer E F ^a   Daradkeh, Tewfik K ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; ROC CURVE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0029807990     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.169.5.662     Document Type: Article

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