Chronic diseases, lack of medications, and depression among syrian refugees in Jordan, 2013-2014

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gammouh, Omar Salem ^a   Al Smadi, Ahmed Mohammad ^a   Tawalbeh, Loai Issa ^b   Khoury, Laurice Sami ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF MADABA   (Jordan)

^b ALALBayt University   (Jordan)

^c Caritas Jordan   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUGEE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUGEES; SYRIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922372898     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd12.140424     Document Type: Review

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