Bosnian and Kosovar refugees in the United States: Family interventions in a services framework

The Mental Health of Refugees: Ecological Approaches to Healing and Adaptation

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 263-294

  Weine, Stevan ^a   Feetham, Suzanne ^a   Kulauzovic, Yasmina ^a   Besic, Sanela ^a   Lezic, Alma ^a   Mujagic, Aida ^a   Muzurovic, Jasmina ^a   Spahovic, Dzemila ^a   Zhubi, Merita ^a   Rolland, John ^a   Pavkovic, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410610263     Document Type: Chapter

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