Prevalence and demographics of anxiety disorders: A snapshot from a community health centre in Pakistan

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Khan, Hassan ^a   Kalia, Saira ^a   Itrat, Ahmed ^a   Khan, Abdullah ^a   Kamal, Mahwash ^a   Khan, Muhammad A ^a   Khalid, Roha ^a   Khalid, Salman ^a   Javed, Sunniya ^a   Javed, Sanniya ^a   Umer, Affan ^a   Naqvi, Haider ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PAKISTAN; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 38049152538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-6-30     Document Type: Article

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