Factorial validity and reliability of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) in the Brazilian physician population;Questionário de Saúde Geral (QSG-12) na população médica brasileira: Evidências de validade fatorial e consistência interna

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Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1439-1445

  Gouveia, Valdiney V ^a   Barbosa, Genário Alves ^a   de Oliveira Andrade, Edson ^b   Carneiro, Mauro Brandão ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mental health; Physicians; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956794207     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2010000700023     Document Type: Article

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