Determinants of general practitioner recognition of psychological problems in a multi-ethnic inner-city health district

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 171, Issue DEC., 1997, Pages 537-541

  Odell, S M ^a,c   Surtees, P G ^b   Wainwright, N W J ^b   Commander, M J ^a   Sashidharan, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 0030666631     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.171.6.537     Document Type: Article

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