Posttraumatic stress symptoms following forensic dental identification: Mt. Carmel, Waco, Texas

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 778-782

  McCarroll, James E ^a   Fullerton, Carol S ^a   Ursano, Robert J ^a   Hermsen, Joan M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTIST; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FIRE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTOPSY; DENTISTS; FEMALE; FIRES; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TEXAS;

EID: 0030008884     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.6.778     Document Type: Article

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