Risk factors for psychiatric morbidity among bank workers in a northern city of Nigeria

South African Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 63-68

  Yussuf, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 27744556258     PISSN: 16089685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v11i2.102     Document Type: Article

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