Dangerous journey: Documenting the experience of Tibetan refugees

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2061-2064

  Dolma, Sonam ^a   Singh, Sonal ^b   Lohfeld, Lynne ^c   Orbinski, James J ^d   Mills, Edward J ^c,e  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEPAL; NORMAL HUMAN; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL CRIME; THREAT; TORTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COERCION; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; HUMANS; HUNGER; INFANT; INTERVIEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; POLICE; PRISONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEES; SOCIAL WELFARE; THEFT; TIBET; TIME; TORTURE; UNITED NATIONS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33750433586     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.067777     Document Type: Article

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