Epidemic Koro in West Bengal, India
- 1 December 1983
- journal article
- case report
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Journal of Social Psychiatry
- Vol. 29 (4) , 265-268
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002076408302900405
Abstract
The present study draws attention to the recent sudden outbreak of Koro in epidemic form in the rural areas of West Bengal, India. The details of three such cases are reported.Keywords
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