Cost of mental and behavioural disorders in Kenya

Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Kirigia, Joses M ^a   Sambo, Luis G ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; WARD;

EID: 3042660184     PISSN: 14752832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2832-2-7     Document Type: Article

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