Basic health, women's health, and mental health among internally displaced persons in Nyala Province, South Darfur, Sudan

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 353-361

  Kim, Glen ^a,b,c   Torbay, Rabih ^d   Lawry, Lynn ^b,c,d,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ALTRUISM; CATERING SERVICE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; STATISTICS; SUDAN; WAR; WATER SUPPLY; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALTRUISM; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; SUDAN; WAR; WATER SUPPLY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 33846921322     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.073635     Document Type: Article

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