The burden of mental disorders: A comparison of methods between the Australian burden of disease studies and the Global Burden of Disease study

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 427-438

  Vos, T ^a   Mathers, C D ^b,c  

^a Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Australia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Australia; Comparative study; Cost of illness; Disability evaluation; Epidemiology; Mental disorders; Methods

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY;

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034041240     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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