Views about women's mental health: Study in a squatter settlement of Karachi

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 139-142

  Rabbani, Fauziah ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0033138894     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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