PTSD symptoms in Bosnian refugees 1 year after resettlement in the United States

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 562-564

  Weine, Stevan M ^a   Vojvoda, Dolores ^b   Becker, Daniel F ^b   McGlashan, Thomas H ^b   Hodzic, Emir ^b   Laub, Dori ^b   Hyman, Leslie ^b   Sawyer, Marie ^b   Lazrove, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REFUGEE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031978038     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.4.562     Document Type: Article

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