World mental health: Role of journals edited in developing countries

Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Sharan, Pratap ^a   Saxena, Shekhar ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLICATION; RACISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33745825527     PISSN: 09731342     EISSN: 09731342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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