Child psychiatric epidemiology and Canadian public policy-making: The state of the science and the art of the possible

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 825-832

  Waddell, Charlotte ^a   Offord, David R ^b   Shepherd, Cody A ^a   Hua, Josephine M ^a   McEwan, Kimberley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child psychiatry; Epidemiology; Public policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ART; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCIENCE;

EID: 0036860416     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370204700903     Document Type: Review

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