Common mental disorders and risk factors in Urban Tanzania

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2543-2558

  Jenkins, Rachel ^a   Mbatia, Joseph ^b   Singleton, Nicola ^c   White, Bethany ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^c UK Drug Policy Commission   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common mental disorder; Poverty; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 77954764564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7062543     Document Type: Article

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