Epidemiological Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Health Literacy Concerning Mental Illness in a National Community Sample: A Global Burden

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-118

  Ghuloum, Suhaila ^a,b   Bener, Abdulbari ^a,b   Burgut, F Tuna ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Arab population; knowledge; mental illness; Middle East; practice; Qatari

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990348146     PISSN: 21501319     EISSN: 21501327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150131910372970     Document Type: Article

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