Anxiety disorder amongst secondary school children in an Urban city in Nigeria

International Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 246-251

  Frank Briggs, Angela I ^a   Alikor, E A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Depression; Fear; Urban schools

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 77957345693     PISSN: 15509702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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