Is the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) confounded by scoring method in individuals with facial disfigurement?

Psychology and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 651-659

  Martin, Colin R ^a   Newell, Robert J ^b  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facial disfigurement; GHQ 12; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144557269     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14768320500060061     Document Type: Article

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