Social adversities and anxiety disorders in the Gaza Strip

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 439-442

  Thabet, A A M ^a   Vostanis, P ^b  

^a Gaza Community Mental Health Programme   (Palestine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adversity; Anxiety; Deprivation; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PALESTINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031863473     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.78.5.439     Document Type: Article

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