Mental distress and podoconiosis in Northern Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study

International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-25

  Mousley, Elizabeth ^a   Deribea, Kebede ^b   Tamiru, Abreham ^c   Tomczyk, Sara ^d   Hanlon, Charlotte ^e   Davey, Gail ^a  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c International Orthodox Christian Charities Podoconiosis Project   (Ethiopia)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Elephantiasis; Ethiopia; Mental distress; Mental health disorders; Neglected tropical disease; Podoconiosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL DISTRESS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; PODOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHIOPIA; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEGLECTED DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922449418     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihu043     Document Type: Article

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