An epidemiological study of mental disorders at Pune, Maharashtra

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 116-121

  Deswal, Balbir S ^a   Pawar, A ^b  

^a Station Health Organisation (Army) Meerut Cantt   (India)

^b INHS Ashwani   (India)

Author keywords

Mental disorders; psychiatry service utilization; sociodemographic correlates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861306488     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.96097     Document Type: Article

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