Post-civil war adaptation and need in Managua, Nicaragua

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 401-415

  Ahearn Jr , Frederick L ^a   Noble Jr , John H ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; COMMUNITY; CONFLICT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ADAPTATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; NICARAGUA; POVERTY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WORK; SUPPORT GROUP; SYMPTOM; THEORY; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COERCION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NICARAGUA; POVERTY; REFUGEES; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; WAR;

EID: 3142706633     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932004006625     Document Type: Article

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