Physical disorders among Southeast Asian refugee outpatients with psychiatric disorders

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 975-979

  Ta, Karen ^a   Westermeyer, Joseph ^a   Neider, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CANCER; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; SKIN DISEASE; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 0029746714     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.47.9.975     Document Type: Article

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