Prevalence and Risk Factors for Depression in Children: An Outpatient Pediatric Sample

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 302-309

  Trangkasombat, Umaporn ^a   Likanapichitkul, Dusit ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Yuwaprasart Hospital   (Thailand)

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