The distribution of mental disorders among an isolated island community in southern Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 71-77

  Kebede, Derege ^a,b   Fekadu, Abebaw ^c   Alem, Atalay ^a   Beyero, Teferra ^a   Shibire, Teshome ^a   Deyessa, Negussie ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Whitchurch Hospital ^*  (Zimbabwe)

^c WHITCHURCH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 33644836919     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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