Psychiatric disorders in an Arctic community

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 357-362

  Haggarty, Jack ^a,c   Cernovsky, Zack ^a   Kermeen, Patricia ^b   Merskey, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Baffin Regional Health Board   (Canada)

^c Mental Health Care Building   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Epidemiology; Eskimo; Inuit; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034041233     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370004500404     Document Type: Article

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