Survivors of Torture: A Hidden Population

Immigrant Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 653-663

  Wenzel, Thomas ^a   Kastrup, Marianne C ^b   Eisenman, David P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84857490844     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-03454-8.50055-3     Document Type: Chapter

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