Global mental health: A new global health field comes of age

JAMA

Volumn 303, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1976-1977

  Patel, Vikram ^a   Prince, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 77952347677     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.616     Document Type: Note

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