Impact of organized violence on illness experience of Turkish/Kurdish and Bosnian migrant patients in primary care

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 236-243

  Denise, Gilgen ^a   Corina, Salis Gross ^b   Daniel, Maeusezahl ^a   Conrad, Frey ^c   Marcel, Tanner ^a   Weiss, Mitchell G ^a   Christoph, Hatz ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Swiss Red Cross ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWITZERLAND; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIOLENCE; AGED; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SWITZERLAND; TURKEY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036709236     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2002.24206     Document Type: Article

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