Prevalence of mental disorders and torture among Tibetan refugees: A systematic review

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Mills, Edward J ^a   Singh, Sonal ^b   Holtz, Timothy H ^c   Chase, Robert M ^d   Dolma, Sonam ^e   Santa Barbara, Joanna ^a   Orbinski, James J ^f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRISON; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TORTURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 28844452930     PISSN: 1472698X     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-5-7     Document Type: Review

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