Demographic characteristics, fire experiences, and distress of residential fire survivors

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 487-501

  Keane, Anne ^a   Jepson, Christopher ^a   Pickett, Mary ^a   Robinson, Linda ^a   McCorkle, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIRE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FIRES; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILADELPHIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0030238607     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612849609009416     Document Type: Article

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