Depression across cultures

Primary Care Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 155-165

  Bhugra, D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Depression; Ethnic minorities

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029758312     PISSN: 13552570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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