Exposure to violence and PTSD symptoms among Somali women

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 628-634

  De Jong, Kaz ^a   Van der Kam, Saskia ^a   Swarthout, Todd ^a   Ford, Nathan ^a   Mills, Clair ^b   Yun, Oliver ^a   Kleber, Rolf J ^c  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOMALIA; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMALIA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84155162834     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20694     Document Type: Article

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