Impact of September 11 on Refugees and Those Seeking Asylum

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 566-580

  Piwowarczyk, Linda A ^a   Keane, Terence M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

asylum seekers; post traumatic stress disorder; refugees; September 11; terrorism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DETENTION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RACISM; REFUGEE; RELIGION; SAFETY; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADULT; AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37249059903     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461507083897     Document Type: Article

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