War experiences and war-related distress in Bosnia and Herzegovina eight years after war

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-86

  Ringdal, Gerd Inger ^a   Ringdal, Kristen ^a   Simkus, Albert ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WAR;

EID: 40449125731     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2008.1.75     Document Type: Article

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