Psychiatric effects of protracted conflict and political life events exposure among adolescents in Israel: 1998-2011

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 353-360

  Slone, Michelle ^a   Shoshani, Anat ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERRORISM; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERRORISM; WAR;

EID: 84902598619     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21918     Document Type: Article

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