Theoretical and methodological challenges of studying refugee children in the Middle East and North Africa: Young Palestinian, Afghan and Sahrawi refugees

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 387-409

  Chatty, Dawn ^a   Crivello, Gina ^a   Hundt, Gillian Lewando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; REFUGEE;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 28844504263     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: 14716925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/refuge/fei037     Document Type: Article

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