Mental health in the slums of Dhaka - A geoepidemiological study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gruebner, Oliver ^a   Khan, M Mobarak H ^b   Lautenbach, Sven ^a,c,e   Müller, Daniel ^a,d   Krämer, Alexander ^b   Lakes, Tobia ^a   Hostert, Patrick ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84863418451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-177     Document Type: Article

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