Trauma research in the Baltic countries: From political oppression to recovery

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Kazlauskas, Evaldas ^a   Zelviene, Paulina ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Baltic; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Posttraumatic stress; Review; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977073379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v7.29295     Document Type: Article

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