Torture and its neurological sequelae

Spinal Cord

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 213-223

  Moreno, A ^a   Grodin, M A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Human rights; Neurological sequelae; Refugee; Torture

Indexed keywords

ASPHYXIA; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN INJURY; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ELECTROCUTION; EUROPEAN UNION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDLINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; REVIEW; STAB WOUND; TORTURE; UNITED STATES; VERTIGO;

COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TORTURE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036257914     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101284     Document Type: Review

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