Defining torture: A review of 40 years of health science research

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 528-531

  Green, Debbie ^a   Rasmussen, Andrew ^b   Rosenfeld, Barry ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; TORTURE; VIOLENCE;

HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TORTURE; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78249290248     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20552     Document Type: Article

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