A multi-level decomposition of variance in somatic symptom reporting in families with adolescent children

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 345-355

  Michel, Gisela ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PROBABILITY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33744477875     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910705X53506     Document Type: Article

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