The validation of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire among ethnic Indian women living in the United Kingdom

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1215-1217

  Jacob, K S ^a   Bhugra, D ^a   Mann, A H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LONDON; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0030760088     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291796004436     Document Type: Article

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