Mental health issues on expedition

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 220-221

  Moore, James ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMUTILATION; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS;

EID: 55849137699     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/07-WEME-LE-070.1     Document Type: Letter

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