Assessment of mental health of university students with GHQ-12

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 437-446

  Üner, Sarp ^a   Özcebe, Hilal ^a   Telatar, T Gökhan ^a   Tezcan, Sabahat ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

GHQ 12; Mental health; University students

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSION; FORWARD SELECTION; GHQ-12; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

STUDENTS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 54749151731     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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