Problem behaviors in 3-year-old children in the United Arab Emirates

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 186-191

  Eapen, Valsamma ^a   Yunis, Feisal ^b   Zoubeidi, Taoufik ^a   Sabri, Sufian ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 3042589992     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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