Prevalence and impact of mental and physical comorbidity in the adult Singapore population

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 105-114

  Chong, Siow Ann ^a   Abdin, Edimansyah ^a   Nan, Luo ^b   Vaingankar, Janhavi A ^a   Subramaniam, Mythily ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chronic conditions; Ethnicity; Health related quality of life; Marital status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SINGAPORE; ULCER;

EID: 84859369481     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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