Postvaccination mass psychogenic illness in an Iranian rural school

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 710-716

  Yasamy, M T ^a   Bahramnezhad, A ^b   Ziaaddini, H ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Mental Health Committee   (Iran)

^c KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXOID;

ARTICLE; CONVERSION DISORDER; CROWDING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; IRAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SEIZURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SYNDROME; VACCINATION;

CONVERSION DISORDER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MASS BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SCHOOLS; SEIZURES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYNDROME; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINATION;

EID: 0033157333     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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