Population-based needs assessment

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 191-194

  Lewis, Glyn ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL CARE;

EID: 0033001075     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-199903000-00009     Document Type: Short Survey

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