Child mental health differences amongst ethnic groups in Britain: A systematic review

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Goodman, Anna ^a   Patel, Vikram ^a   Leon, David A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORBIDITY; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIGION; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; EATING DISORDERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MINORITY GROUPS; PREVALENCE; RELIGION;

EID: 49649124180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-258     Document Type: Article

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