A national population-based assessment of 2007-2008 election-related violence in Kenya

Conflict and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Johnson, Kirsten ^a   Scott, Jennifer ^b,c   Sasyniuk, Treny ^a   Ndetei, David ^d,e   Kisielewski, Michael ^h   Rouhani, Shada ^b   Bartels, Susan ^c   Mutiso, Victoria ^e   Mbwayo, Anne ^e   Rae, David ^g   Lawry, Lynn ^b,f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^e Africa Mental Health Foundation   (Kenya)

^f Lawry Research Associates International   (United States)

^g AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h American Bus Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Election violence; Human rights violations; Kenya 2007 elections; Mental health; Politically motivated sexual violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892457550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-8-2     Document Type: Article

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