Stress and psychosomatic symptoms in Chinese school children: Cross-sectional survey

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-140

  Hesketh, Therese ^a   Zhen, Yan ^b   Lu, Li ^b   Dong, Zhou Xu ^b   Jun, Ye Xu ^b   Xing, Zhu Wei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHILD; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARENTAL STRESS; PHYSICALLY INDUCED STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL STRESS; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; HEALTH SURVEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RURAL HEALTH; SCHOOLS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 77149166633     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.171660     Document Type: Review

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