Burmese political dissidents in Thailand: Trauma and survival among young adults in exile

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1561-1569

  Allden, Kathleen ^a,b   Poole, Charles ^c   Chantavanich, Supang ^d   Ohmar, Khin ^a,e   Aung, Nyi Nyi ^a   Mollica, Richard F ^a,b  

^a Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e Simons Rick College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REFUGEE; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; TORTURE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0029968966     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.11.1561     Document Type: Article

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