Comparative study of psychiatric morbidity among workers at a paint factory in Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 4-10

  Haruna, A Y ^a   Ohaeri, J U ^b,c   Lawal, R A ^b   Suleiman, T G ^a   Orija, O B ^a  

^a Psychiatric Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c St Giles Hospital   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NEURASTHENIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT INDUSTRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PAINT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0031857483     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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