Mental health in Northern Ireland: Have "the Troubles" made it worse?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 488-492

  O'Reilly, D ^a,b   Stevenson, M ^b  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICAL CONFLICT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORBIDITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIVIL DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038643474     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.7.488     Document Type: Article

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