Validity issues in transcultural epidemiology

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 182, Issue MAY, 2003, Pages 376-378

  Van Ommeren, Mark ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRY; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0038028610     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.182.5.376     Document Type: Editorial

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