Review Article: Establishing a set of mental health indicators for Europe

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 451-459

  Korkeila, Jyrki ^a   Lehtinen, Ville ^a   Bijl, Rob ^b   Dalgard, Odd Steffer ^c   Kovess, Viviane ^d   Morgan, Antony ^e   Salize, Hans Joachim ^f  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^f CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

health monitoring; indicator; mental health

Indexed keywords

DISABLED PERSON; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DISABILITY; ECOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; SOCIAL ASPECT;

DISABLED PERSONS; EUROPE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 2542475549     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940210165208     Document Type: Review

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