Prevalence of depression in Karachi, Pakistan

Oman Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Bushra, Rabia ^a   Aslam, Nousheen ^a  

^a ZIAUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COUNSELOR; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NOTE; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84880712867     PISSN: 1999768X     EISSN: 20705204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5001/omj.2010.100     Document Type: Note

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