Population Health Approaches to Defining the Mental Health Problems of Australian Adolescents

Journal of Public Mental Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 26-33

  Forero, Roberto ^a   Bauman, Adrian ^b  

^a SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84992963319     PISSN: 17465729     EISSN: 20428731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465729199900031     Document Type: Review

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