Trends in change of mental health status in the population of tehran between 1998 and 2007

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 201-204

  Noorbala, Ahmad Ali ^a   Yazdi, Seyed Abas Bagheri ^b   Hafezi, Mohsen ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

General health questionnaire (28); Mental health situation; Tehran; Trends of change

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862246548     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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