Posttraumatic stress disorder and the use of general health services in postwar Kosovo

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-67

  Eytan, Ariel ^a   Toscani, Letizia ^a   Loutan, Louis ^a   Bovier, Patrick A ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; AGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WAR; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 33745369888     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20098     Document Type: Article

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