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Spatial patterns of mental health are examined for the City of Calabar. This is based on a number of hypotheses which relate variations in mental health to a number of socio-economic indices (e. g. income, rooms per household, occupancy). Only tentative conclusions can be drawn but these have therapeutic implications.
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Olu Sule, R.A. Spatial patterns of urban mental health: Calabar (Cross River State) Nigeria. GeoJournal 5, 323–330 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00704686
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