War experiences and distress symptoms of Bosnian children

Pediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 873-878

  Goldstein, Richard D ^a,c   Wampler, Nina S ^b   Wise, Paul H ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bosnia Hercegovina; Child; Child behavior; Child psychology; Conflict; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Refugee; War

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; WAR;

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 0030834467     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.100.5.873     Document Type: Article

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