Does psychiatric history bias mothers' reports? An application of a new analytic approach

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 971-979

  Chilcoat, Howard D ^a   Breslau, Naomi ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child behavior problems; Generalized estimating equations; Informants; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0030917487     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199707000-00020     Document Type: Article

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