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Mental health issues of refugee children: lessons from Croatia

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  1. Psychiatric Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Kukuljevićeva 11, Zagreb, Croatia

    Vlatka Boričević Maršanić

  2. Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Medical School, Osijek, Croatia

    Vlatka Boričević Maršanić & Katarina Dodig Ćurković

  3. Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Center Split, Split, Croatia

    Tomislav Franić

  4. School of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia

    Tomislav Franić

  5. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital Center Osijek, Osijek, Croatia

    Katarina Dodig Ćurković

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An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-017-0951-9.

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Maršanić, V.B., Franić, T. & Ćurković, K.D. Mental health issues of refugee children: lessons from Croatia. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 26, 377–381 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-016-0924-4

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