A prospective analysis of in-patient consultation-liaison psychiatry in a Nigerian Teaching Hospital

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 620-625

  Ajiboye, P O ^a   Adelekan, M L ^a  

^a Department of Behavioural Sciences   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 19644391974     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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