Risk factors for PTSD-related traumatic events: A prospective analysis

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 529-535

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

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; EXPOSURE; EXTRAVERSION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0028917672     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.152.4.529     Document Type: Article

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