Child Survivors of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and Trauma-Related Affect

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-110

  Kaplan, Suzanne ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOCIDE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL TEST; THEORETICAL STUDY;

RWANDA;

EID: 84874814418     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josi.12005     Document Type: Article

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