Socio-demographic and psychopathologic correlates of enuresis in urban Ethiopian children

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 556-560

  Desta, Menelik ^a,e   Hägglöf, Bruno ^b   Kebede, Derege ^c   Alem, Atalay ^d  

^a AMANUEL MENTAL SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL   (Ethiopia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Children; Developing country; Enuresis; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENURESIS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; ENURESIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33947544334     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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