PTSD, depression and anxiety among former abductees in Northern Uganda

Conflict and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Pfeiffer, Anett ^a   Elbert, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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EID: 80052716003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-5-14     Document Type: Review

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