Mass hysteria and perceptions of the supernatural among adolescent girl students in Taiwan

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 122-123

  Chen, Cheng Sheng ^a,b   Yen, Cheng Fang ^a,b   Lin, Hsiu Fen ^a   Yang, Pingchen ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CIVIL DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TAIWAN;

EID: 0037324418     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NMD.0000050941.22170.A5     Document Type: Article

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