Factors associated with mental health, general health, and school-based service use for child psychopathology

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1440-1448

  Zahner, Gwendolyn E P ^a   Daskalakis, Constantine ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL;

EID: 0030825053     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.9.1440     Document Type: Article

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