The influence of exile and repatriation on mental and physical health: A population-based study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-28

  Sundquist, J ^a   Johansson, S E ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STATISTICS SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; REFUGEE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SWEDEN; TORTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; REFUGEES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030046576     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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