Superficial physical evidence may reveal torture; 5 years' experience of torture documentation;Spåren på kroppen kan avslöja tortyr: Fem års erfarenhet av dokumentation av tortyrskador

Lakartidningen

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 628-631

  Edston, Erik ^a,b  

^a Universitetssjukhuset   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SWEDEN; TORTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DOCUMENTATION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWEDEN; TORTURE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033540527     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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