Why GHQ threshold varies from one place to another

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 915-921

  Goldberg, D P ^a   Oldehinkel, T ^b   Ormel, J ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0031825433     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798006874     Document Type: Article

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