Examining spatial variations in the prevalence of mental health problems among 5-year-old children in Canada

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 383-388

  Raos, Robert ^a   Janus, Magdalena ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour problems; Canada; Children; Gender difference; Kindergarten; Mental health; Prevalence; School readiness; Spatial variations

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHILD HEALTH; GENDER RELATIONS; MENTAL HEALTH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AGE; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EARLY DEVELOPMENT INSTRUMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; KINDERGARTEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEACHER; ANXIETY; DEMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

CANADA;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; CANADA; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79953021852     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.09.025     Document Type: Article

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