Anxiety and depression in adolescents in urban and rural China

Psychological Reports

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 435-444

  Hesketh, Therese ^a   Ding, Qu Jian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHINA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 20744436395     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.96.2.435-444     Document Type: Article

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