Mandatory detention of refugee children: A public health issue?

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Kronick, Rachel ^a   Rousseau, Cécile ^a   Cleveland, Janet ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ANXIETY; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRYING; DETENTION; FAMILY; FATHER; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; IRRITABILITY; MOTHER; MUTISM; NIGHTMARE; NOTE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REFUGEE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 80053904151     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/16.8.e65     Document Type: Note

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