Correspondence [3]

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1514-1516

  Mari, Jair De Jesus ^a   Saraceno, Benedetto ^b   Rodriguez, Jorge ^c   Levav, Itzhak ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; CENTRAL AMERICA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INCOME; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIST; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; SOCIAL STATUS;

CARIBBEAN REGION; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ADVOCACY; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 35348831311     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291707001225     Document Type: Letter

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