Specific psychiatric morbidity among diabetics at a Nigerian General Hospital

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-45

  Coker, A O ^a   Ohaeri, J U ^c   Lawal, R A ^b   Orija, O B ^b  

^a Ikeja General Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b Psychiatric Hospital   (Nigeria)

^c St Giles Psychiatric Hospital   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034341368     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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