Mental and physical health of out of school children in a South African township

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 257-260

  Liang, Holan ^a   Flisher, Alan J ^b   Chalton, Derek O ^b  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Psychopathology; School attendance; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENT DROPOUTS;

EID: 0036994029     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-002-0294-y     Document Type: Article

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