Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 471-476 , September 2009

Validation of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire in the general population in Hong Kong

  • Ka-Fai Chung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +852 28554487; fax: +852 28551345.
    • ,
  • Kwok-Chu Tso

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • ,
  • Robert Ting-Yiu Chung

      Affiliations

    • Public Opinion Programme, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

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PII: S0010-440X(08)00165-X

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.10.001

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 471-476 , September 2009

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