Women, war, and violence: Surviving the experience

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 793-804

  Usta, Jinan ^a   Farver, Jo Ann M ^b   Zein, Lama ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b American University of Beirut Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEBANON; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; VIOLENCE; WAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 44949149231     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2007.0602     Document Type: Article

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