Focus on psychiatry in East Africa

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 181, Issue OCT., 2002, Pages 354-359

  Njenga, Frank ^a  

^a NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; KENYA; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA, EASTERN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISASTERS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; POVERTY; PSYCHIATRY; RESEARCH; WAR;

EID: 0036795793     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.181.4.354     Document Type: Review

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