Post-traumatic stress disorder: Case report

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 228-230

  Nyamai, C M ^a   Njenga, F G ^b  

^a African Air Rescue Hlth Serv N   (Kenya)

^b NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERRORISM;

ADULT; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 0034343094     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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