Effects on asylum seekers of ill treatment in Zaïre

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7026, 1996, Pages 293-294

  Peel, M R ^a  

^a Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SANITATION; SCAR FORMATION; SEXUAL ABUSE; TORTURE; VICTIM;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TORTURE;

EID: 0030070076     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7026.293     Document Type: Review

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