Somali and Oromo Refugees: Correlates of Torture and Trauma History

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 591-598

  Jaranson, James M ^a   Butcher, James ^a   Halcon, Linda ^c   Johnson, David Robert ^a,b   Robertson, Cheryl ^c   Savik, Kay ^c   Spring, Marline ^d   Westermeyer, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SOMALIA; TORTURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842425300     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.4.591     Document Type: Article

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