Anxiety and depression in Chinese patients attending an Australian GP clinic

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 552-555

  Tang, George Wen Gin ^a   Dennis, Sarah ^b   Comino, Elizabeth ^b   Zwar, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849089335     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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