Characteristics of dropouts from a child psychiatry clinic in Hong Kong

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-48

  Lai, K Y C ^a   Pang, A H T ^a   Wong, C K ^a   Lum, F ^a   Lo, M K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0031913316     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001270050021     Document Type: Article

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