Dissociation in aging holocaust survivors

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue SUPPL., 1996, Pages 935-940

  Yehuda, Rachel ^a   Elkin, Abbie ^b   Binder Brynes, Karen ^b   Kahana, Boaz ^b   Southwick, Steven M ^b   Schmeidler, James ^b   Giller Jr , Earl L ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CRIME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; WAR;

EID: 0029995928     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.7.935     Document Type: Article

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