Professional Identification of Psychosocial Problems among Children from Ethnic Minority Groups: Room for Improvement

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Crone, Mathilde R ^a   Bekkema, Nienke ^b   Wiefferink, Carin H ^c   Reijneveld, Sijmen A ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c Dutch Foundation for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Child   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING;

EID: 74649085165     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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