Socio-demographic correlates of mental and behavioural disorders of children in southern Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 565-569

  Ashenafi, Y ^b   Kebede, D ^b   Desta, M ^a   Alem, A ^a  

^a Amanuel Psychiatric Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034288082     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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