Beyond PTSD: Socio-economic bereavement in Tigray, Ethiopia

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-82

  Nordanger, Dag Ø ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VICTIM; WAR;

EID: 33847199774     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470601106426     Document Type: Article

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