Traumatic Events and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in an Urban Population of Young Adults

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 216-222

  Breslau, Naomi ^a,b   Davis, Glenn C ^a,b   Andreski, Patricia ^a   Peterson, Edward ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EXPOSURE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MICHIGAN; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0026033672     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1991.01810270028003     Document Type: Article

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