Gender differences in disability in a multiethnic Asian population: The Singapore Mental Health Study

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 381-387

  Subramaniam, Mythily ^a   Abdin, Edimansyah ^a   Vaingankar, Janhavi Ajit ^a   Chong, Siow Ann ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOBILIZATION; MOOD DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84876415933     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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