Afghan Refugee Issues in the U.S. Social Environment

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 110-126

  Lipson, Juliene G ^a   Omidian, Patricia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; REFUGEES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031066556     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019394599701900108     Document Type: Article

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