Follow-up study of British military hostages and their families held in Kuwait during the Gulf War

British Journal of Medical Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 247-252

  Bisson, Jonathan I ^a   Sear Le, Margaret M ^b   Srinivasan, Michael ^c  

^a Gabalfa Clinic ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Stone House Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c British Military Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRAQ; KUWAIT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE; WAR; WITNESS;

EID: 17944363706     PISSN: 00071129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1998.tb00989.x     Document Type: Article

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