Mental health, social functioning, and attitudes of Kosovar Albanians following the war in Kosovo

JAMA

Volumn 284, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 569-577

  Lopes Cardozo, Barbara ^a   Vergara, Alfredo ^b   Agani, Ferid ^c   Gotway, Carol A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Institute for Mental Health and Recovery   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WAR;

EID: 0034596228     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.284.5.569     Document Type: Article

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