Terrorist bombing at the USA embassy in Nairobi: the media response
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Terrorist bombing at the USA Embassy in Nairobi: the media response.
BACKGROUND On 7th August 1998, a terrorist bomb destroyed the American Embassy in Nairobi, killing and injuring thousands of people. OBJECTIVES To describe the media component of the (larger) mental health response, and evaluate the impact of the intervention. DESIGN Descriptive cross sectional study. SETTING Nairobi, three months after the explosion. SUBJECTS Residents of Nairobi and o...
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عنوان ژورنال: East African Medical Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0012-835X
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v80i3.8686