Poor quality of life and health in young to middle aged Bosnian female war refugees: A population-based study

Public Health

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-26

  Sundquist, J ^a,b   Behmen Vincevic, A ^a   Johansson, S E ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bosnian refugees; Cross sectional study; Female health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BOSNIAN PEOPLE; LIVING STANDARDS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; REFUGEES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EASTERN EUROPE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MEMORY; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; SLEEP; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; WAR; WELLBEING;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0031985901     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(98)00201-7     Document Type: Article

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