Family, activity, and stress reactions in exile

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 327-350

  Lie, Birgit ^a,b   Sveaass, Nora ^c   Eilertsen, Dag Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Psychosocial Team for Refugees in Southern Norway   (Norway)

^c NKVTS Norwegian Centre for Studies on Violence and Traumatic Stress   (Norway)

Author keywords

Community; Exile; Family; Posttraumatic symptoms; Psychosocial factors; Refugees; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 23344452039     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1366880042000295745     Document Type: Review

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