Trauma, healthcare access, and health outcomes among Southeast Asian refugees in Connecticut

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1065-1072

  Wagner, Julie ^a   Burke, Georgine ^b   Kuoch, Theanvy ^c   Scully, Mary ^c   Armeli, Stephen ^d   Rajan, Thiruchandurai V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c Khmer Health Advocates   (United States)

^d FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; PTSD; Refugee; Southeast Asian; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REFUGEE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; SAMPLING STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84888875078     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9715-2     Document Type: Article

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