An epidemiological case for a separate adolescent psychiatry?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 563-566

  Patton, George ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE;

EID: 0029850988     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679609062650     Document Type: Note

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