Psychiatric morbidity among dermatology inpatients

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 208-210

  Pulimood, S ^a   Rajagopalan, B ^a   Rajagopalan, M ^a   Jacob, M ^a   John, J K ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0030238221     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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