Psychological and Physical Co-Morbidity among Urban South African Women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Mendenhall, Emily ^a,b   Richter, Linda M ^a,c   Stein, Alan ^a,d   Norris, Shane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CITIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84886379951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078803     Document Type: Article

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