Post traumatic stress disorder among Mau Mau concentration camp survivors in Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 352-359

  Atwoli, L ^a   Kathuku, D M ^a   Ndetei, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

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EID: 33750574120     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v83i7.9446     Document Type: Article

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