Disability associated with psychiatric comorbidity and health status in Bosnian refugees living in Croatia

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 433-439

  Mollica, Richard F ^a,d   McInnes, Keith ^a   Sarajlić, Narcisa ^e   Lavelle, James ^a   Sarajlić, Iris ^b   Massagli, Michael P ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c Picker Institute   (United States)

^d Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; WAR;

EID: 0033523228     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.5.433     Document Type: Article

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