"No God and no Norway": Collective resource loss among members of Tamil NGO's in Norway during and after the last phase of the civil war in Sri Lanka

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Guribye, Eugene ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coping; Disaster; Norway; Refugees; Resource loss; Tamils

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; HUMAN; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL LIFE; SRI LANKA; WAR;

EID: 80051648876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-5-18     Document Type: Article

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