PTSD in Asylum-Seeking Male Adolescents From Afghanistan

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 551-557

  Bronstein, Israel ^a   Montgomery, Paul ^a   Dobrowolski, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AFGHANISTAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84867738512     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21740     Document Type: Article

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