Epidemiology of child mental health problems in Gaza Strip

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 403-412

  Mousa Thabet, A A ^a   Vostanis, P ^b  

^a AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE EAST; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE EAST; PHOBIC DISORDERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0038513989     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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