Risk Factors for Spirit Possession among School Girls in Southern Thailand

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 540-545

  Trangkasombat, Umaporn ^a   Su Umpan, Umpon ^a   Churujiporn, Veera ^b   Nukhew, Orawan ^b   Haruhanpong, Vilailuk ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Suansaranrom Hospital   (Thailand)

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