Screening for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among Bosnian refugees

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 167-174

  Thulesius, Hans ^a,b   Håkansson, Anders ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Kronoberg County Research Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bosnia Hercegovina; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Refugee

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REFUGEE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFUGEES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032934236     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024758718971     Document Type: Article

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