Mental health survey among landmine survivors in Siem Reap province, Cambodia

Medicine, Conflict and Survival

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-181

  Lopes Cardozo, Barbara ^a   Blanton, Curtis ^a   Zalewski, Tami ^a   Tor, Svang ^b   McDonald, Laura ^b   Lavelle, James ^b   Brooks, Robert ^c   Anderson, Mark ^a   Mollica, Richard ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cambodia; depression; landmine injury; landmines; mental health; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CAMBODIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVOR; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BLAST INJURIES; CAMBODIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; WAR;

EID: 84862015992     PISSN: 13623699     EISSN: 17439396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13623699.2012.678087     Document Type: Article

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