War-related exposure and psychological distress As predictors of health and sleep: A longitudinal study of Kuwaiti children

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 776-783

  Llabre, Maria Magdalena ^a   Hadi, Fawzyiah ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Children; Health related; Posttraumatic stress; War related trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BODY MASS; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; KUWAIT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; SYMPTOM; WAR;

EID: 70349675479     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181ae6aee     Document Type: Article

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