Social distance towards people with mental illness amongst Nigerian university students.

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Published in Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol on October 21, 2005

Authors

Abiodun O Adewuya1, Roger O A Makanjuola

Author Affiliations

1: Dept. of Mental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, 233001, Osun state, Nigeria. biodunwuya@yahoo.com

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