Selecting instruments for assessing psychological wellbeing in Afghan and Kurdish refugee groups

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sulaiman Hill, Cheryl M R ^a   Thompson, Sandra C ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 77957730731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-237     Document Type: Article

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