Exposures to war-related traumatic events and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among displaced Darfuri female university students: An exploratory study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Badri, Alia ^a,b   Crutzen, Rik ^a   Van Den Borne, H W ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AHFAD UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; STUDENT; SUDAN; UNIVERSITY; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; SUDAN; UNIVERSITIES; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864500151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-603     Document Type: Article

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