Mental and physical health of Kosovar Albanians in their place of origin: A post-war 6-year follow-up study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 953-963

  Eytan, Ariel ^a   Guthmiller, Ann ^b   Durieux Paillard, Sophie ^a   Loutan, Louis ^a   Gex Fabry, Marianne ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Kosovo; Perceived health; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma; War

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WAR; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBANIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 80855152746     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0269-0     Document Type: Article

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