The mental health of expatriate and Kosovar Albanian humanitarian aid workers

Disasters

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 152-170

  Lopes Cardozo, Barbara ^a   Holtz, Timothy H ^b   Kaiser, Reinhard ^c   Gotway, Carol A ^a   Ghitis, Frida ^d   Toomey, Estelle ^e   Salama, Peter ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d International Insights Inc   (Serbia)

^e MSW International Rescue Committee ^*  (Serbia)

Author keywords

Humanitarian aid workers; Mental health; Support services

Indexed keywords

HUMANITARIAN AID; MENTAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 20444442770     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0361-3666.2005.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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