Possession and jinn

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 351-353

  Khalifa, Najat ^a   Hardie, Tim ^b  

^a LEICESTERSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b East Midlands Centre for Forensic Mental Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOSLEM; RELIGION; REVIEW;

EID: 23744488786     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.98.8.351     Document Type: Review

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