Chronic pain in multi-traumatized outpatients with a refugee background resettled in Norway: A cross-sectional study

BMC Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Teodorescu, Dinu Stefan ^a,g   Heir, Trond ^b,e   Siqveland, Johan ^c,e   Hauff, Edvard ^d,e   Wentzel Larsen, Tore ^b,f   Lien, Lars ^a,g  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

^c AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Comorbid chronic pain and PTSD; DESNOS; Resettled refugees; Traumatized refugees

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007427048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20507283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/S40359-015-0064-5     Document Type: Article

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