Mental illness in elementary-school-aged children

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-34

  Chabra, Anand ^a   Chávez, Gilberto F ^a,b   Harris, Emily S ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0344958882     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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