Survivors of the war in the Northern Kosovo: Violence exposure, risk factors and public health effects of an ethnic conflict

Conflict and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Wang, Shr Jie ^a   Salihu, Mimoza ^b   Rushiti, Feride ^a   Bala, Labinot ^c   Modvig, Jens ^a  

^a Rehabiliterings og Forskningscentret for Torturofre   (Denmark)

^b Kosova Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRI TINA   (Serbia)

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EID: 79952264794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-4-11     Document Type: Article

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