Psychosocial aspects of the Tsunami

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 396-399

  Carballo, Manuel ^a,b   Heal, Bryan ^a   Hernandez, Mania ^a  

^a Research International Centre for Migration and Health   (Switzerland)

^b ICMH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TSUNAMI; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 25144447600     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.98.9.396     Document Type: Conference Paper

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