Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 2 , Pages 165-173 , February 2010

Asthma and mental disorders in Canada: Impact on functional impairment and mental health service use

  • Renee D. Goodwin

      Affiliations

    • Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, Rm. 1706, New York, NY 10032, USA. Tel.: +1 212 342 0422; fax: +1 212 342 5170.
    • ,
  • Jina Pagura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada
    • Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada
    • ,
  • Brian Cox

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada
    • Department of Community Health Science, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada
    • Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada
    • ,
  • Jitender Sareen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada
    • Department of Community Health Science, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Received 23 April 2008 ,Revised 21 May 2009 ,Accepted 16 June 2009.

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PII: S0022-3999(09)00231-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.06.005

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 2 , Pages 165-173 , February 2010

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