Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms, Language Acquisition, and Self-Sufficiency: A Study of Bosnian Refugees

Journal of Social Work

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-219

  Corvo, Kenneth ^a   Peterson, Jaia ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Generations United   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; mental health; refugees; self sufficiency; symptoms; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248602214     PISSN: 14680173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468017305054974     Document Type: Article

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