Contextualizing the trauma experience of women immigrants from Central America, South America, and Mexico

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 635-642

  Kaltman, Stacey ^a   Hurtado de Mendoza, Alejandra ^a   Gonzales, Felisa A ^a,b   Serrano, Adriana ^a   Guarnaccia, Peter J ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL AMERICA; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AMERICA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84155163077     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20698     Document Type: Article

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