Social support and length of hospital stay among schizophrenic patients

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 625-633

  Ossman, Laila H ^a   Mahmoud, Nadia M ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Length of hospital stay; Schizophrenia; Social networks; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866770041     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2012.19.05.65192     Document Type: Article

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