Asylum-seeking children with severe loss of activities of daily living: Clinical signs and course during rehabilitation

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1977-1981

  Aronsson, B ^a   Wiberg, C ^b   Sandstedt, P ^a   Hjern, A ^c,d  

^a SACHS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b PRIMA Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (Sweden)

^c NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apathetic refugee children; Recovery process

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; PSYCHOSOMATICS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; PULSE RATE; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; STRESS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CHILD; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; REFUGEES; REHABILITATION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049137659     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01499.x     Document Type: Article

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