Suffering child: An embodiment of war and its aftermath in post-Sandinista Nicaragua

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-73

  Quesada, James ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NICARAGUA; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NICARAGUA; POVERTY; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 0032013034     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1998.12.1.51     Document Type: Article

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