Political violence, ethnic conflict, and contemporary wars: Broad implications for health and social well-being

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-190

  Pedersen, Duncan ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnic conflict; Political violence; Post traumatic stress disorder; Refugee health; Social suffering; War trauma

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC CONFLICT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; POLITICAL VIOLENCE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFLICT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WELFARE; VIOLENCE; WAR; WELLBEING;

ALTRUISM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FIREARMS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; POLITICS; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; WAR; WAR CRIMES;

EID: 0036283755     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00261-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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