Using explanatory models to understand chronic symptoms of Cambodian refugees

Family Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 271-276

  Handelman, Lauren ^a   Yeo, Gwen ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Stanford California and Cofounder   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HEADACHE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

CAMBODIA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REFUGEES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029929589     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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