Trauma and mental health problems of sudanese refugees in uganda

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 110-113

  Peltzer, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; STATISTICS; SUDAN; UGANDA; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUDAN; UGANDA; WAR;

EID: 0033122874     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/cajm.v45i5.8465     Document Type: Article

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