Psychiatric morbidity of a rural Indian community. Changes over a 20- year interval

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 176, Issue APR., 2000, Pages 351-356

  Nandi, D N ^a   Banerjee, Gauranga ^a   Mukherjee, S P ^a   Ghosh, Asit ^a   Nandi, P S ^a   Nandi, S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PHOBIA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; INDIA; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033625727     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.176.4.351     Document Type: Article

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