Persistent psychopathology in the wake of civil war: Long-term posttraumatic stress disorder in nimba county, liberia

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1745-1751

  Galea, Sandro ^a,b   Rockers, Peter C ^c   Saydee, Geetor ^d   Macauley, Rose ^e   Tornorlah Varpllah, S ^f   Kruk, Margaret E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA   (Liberia)

^e Management Sciences for Health   (United States)

^f Republic of Liberia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIBERIA; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; WAR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBERIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 77956236888     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.179697     Document Type: Article

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