Medical Complaints Among Iraqi American Refugees With Mental Disorders

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 7 Số 3 - Trang 145-152 - 2005
Hikmet Jamil1, Julie Hakim‐Larson2, Mohamed Farrag3, Talib Kafaji3, Laith H. Jamil4, Adnan Hammad5
1Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
2University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
3ACCESS Psychosocial Rehabilitation Center, Dearborn
4DMC/WSU/Emergency Medicine, Detroit
5ACCESS Community Health and Research Center, Dearborn

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