The Conspicuous Absence of a Single Credible Case of Latah-Related Death or Serious Injury

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 369-376

  Bartholomew, Robert E ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INJURY; LETTER; MALAYSIA; MENTAL DISEASE; PUBLICATION;

EID: 0032869040     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346159903600309     Document Type: Article

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