Psychological problems in children of war veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Cross-sectional study

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 491-498

  Klarić, Miro ^a,d   Frančišković, Tanja ^b   Klarić, Branka ^a   Kvesić, Ante ^a   Kaštelan, Ana ^b   Graovac, Mirjana ^b   Lisica, Ines Diminić ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAR   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^c Primorje Gorski Kotar County   (Croatia)

^d Psychiatric Department of Clinical Hospital Mostar   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; VETERAN; WAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INJURY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY;

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VETERANS; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 55949091503     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2008.4.491     Document Type: Article

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