War trauma experience and behavioral screening of Bosnian refugee children resettled in Massachusetts

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 255-261

  Geltman, Paul L ^b   Augustyn, Marilyn ^c   Barnett, Elizabeth D ^c   Klass, Perri E ^c   Groves, Betsy McAlister ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bosnia; Children; Mental health; Refugees; War trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD REACTIVE DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MASSACHUSETTS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 0034252004     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-200008000-00001     Document Type: Article

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