Post-traumatic stress disorder among family physicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Family Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 489-491

  Hodgetts, Geoffrey ^a,b   Broers, Teresa ^b   Godwin, Marshall ^a   Bowering, Evelyn ^a   Hasanović, Mevludin ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUZLA   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Bosnia and Herzegovina; Epidemiology; Family medicine; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENT; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WAR;

ADULT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0042164478     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmg428     Document Type: Article

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