Development of an inventory for measuring war-related events in refugees

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-80

  Hollifield, Michael ^a   Eckert, Valorie ^b   Warner, Teddy D ^c   Jenkins, Janis ^d   Krakow, Barry ^e   Ruiz, James ^g   Westermeyer, Joseph ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b STATE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Sleep and Human Health Institute   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g Ste 210 Louisville KY 40202 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INVENTORY CONTROL; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFUGEE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 10444232027     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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