Women's mental health: A silent cause of mortality and morbidity

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 343-349

  Stewart, D E ^a   Ashraf, I J ^a   Munce, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consensus statement; International; Women's mental health

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSENSUS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EATING DISORDER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33748079122     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2006.04.025     Document Type: Article

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