Prolonged displacement may compromise resilience in Eritrean mothers

African Health Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 310-314

  Almedom, Astier ^a   Tesfamichael, Berhe ^b   Mohammed, Zein ^c   Mascie Taylor, Nick ^d   Muller, Jocelyn ^a   Alemu, Zemui ^e  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^c Ministry of Health and Chamber of Commerce   (Eritrea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Ministry of Health   (Eritrea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ERITREA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RR INTERVAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ERITREA; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES;

EID: 33747258324     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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