Investigating the psychosocial determinants of child health in Africa: The Drakenstein Child Health Study

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 252, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-35

  Stein, D J ^a,b   Koen, N ^a,b   Donald, K A ^a   Adnams, C M ^a   Koopowitz, S ^a   Lund, C ^a   Marais, A ^a   Myers, B ^a,b   Roos, A ^b,c   Sorsdahl, K ^a   Stern, M ^a   Tomlinson, M ^c   van der Westhuizen, C ^a   Vythilingum, B ^a   Myer, L ^a   Barnett, W ^a   Brittain, K ^a   Zar, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Child health; Depression; Intimate partner violence; South Africa; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS USE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; URBAN AREA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84952629688     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.03.016     Document Type: Article

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