Capacity building through multi-disciplinary research: A report from Sri Lanka

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 183, Issue NOV., 2003, Pages 457-458

  Sumathipala, Athula ^a   Siribaddana, Sisira ^d   Samaraweera, Sudath ^b   Dayaratne, D A R K ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOH Office   (Sri Lanka)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Sri Lanka)

^d Institute of Psychiatry ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REGISTER; SRI LANKA; SUICIDE; TWINS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REGISTRIES; SRI LANKA; TWINS;

EID: 0242351746     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.183.5.457     Document Type: Article

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