Mental health research on low- and middle-income countries in indexed journals: A preliminary assessment

Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 127-131

  Saxena, Shekhar ^a   Maulik, Pallab K ^a   Sharan, Pratap ^a   Levav, Izthak ^a   Saraceno, Benedetto ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIBLIOMETRICS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLISHING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; BIBLIOMETRICS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLISHING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 16644392162     PISSN: 10914358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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