Chronic aftershocks of an earthquake on the well-being of children in Haiti: Violence, psychosocial health and slavery

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1997-1999

  Gupta, Jhumka ^a   Agrawal, Alpna ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EARTHQUAKE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HAITI; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENTAL STRESS; ORPHANED CHILD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SAFETY; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUICIDE; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WELLBEING;

EID: 78449291329     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.100526     Document Type: Article

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