Prevalence of psychological distress and associated factors in urban hospital outpatients in South Africa

South African Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-15

  Peltzer, Karl ^a,b   Pengpid, Supa ^b   Skaal, Linda ^b  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; STOMACH ULCER; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84857704562     PISSN: 16089685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v18i1.304     Document Type: Article

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