The impact of a military air disaster on the health of assistance workers: A prospective study

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 317-328

  Bartone, Paul T ^a   Ursano, Robert J ^b   Wright, Kathleen M ^a   Ingraham, Larry H ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; AVIATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; FAMILY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STRESS;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ADULT; FAMILY; GRIEF; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0024308522     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-198906000-00001     Document Type: Article

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