Psychiatric diagnoses and clinical characteristics of Asian American youth in children's services

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 483-495

  Nguyen, Ly ^a   Arganza, Girlyn F ^b   Huang, Larke N ^b   Liao, Qinghong ^c   Nguyen, Hoang T ^b   Santiago, Rolando ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ORC Macro   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Asians; children; clinical and functional status; psychiatric diagnosis; racial and ethnic differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344293753     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JCFS.0000044729.93879.c2     Document Type: Article

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