Prevalence and Correlates of Common Mental Disorders among Mothers of Young Children in Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Uriyo, Jacqueline G ^a,b   Abubakar, Amina ^c   Swai, Mark ^d   Msuya, Sia E ^b   Stray Pedersen, Babill ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d KCMC Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHABITATION; COMMON MENTAL DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; PARITY; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHONA SYMPTOM QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; TANZANIA; VERBAL HOSTILITY; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879767778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069088     Document Type: Article

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