Depressive symptoms among high school adolescents in Oman

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Afifi, Mustafa ^a   Al Riyami, A ^a   Morsi, M ^a   Al Kharusil, H ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION INVENTORY; EATING HABIT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOCUS OF CONTROL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OMAN; PARENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33750225856     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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