Traumatic grief as a risk factor for mental and physical morbidity

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 616-623

  Prigerson, Holly G ^a   Bierhals, Andrew J ^b   Kasl, Stanislav V ^b   Reynolds III, Charles F ^b   Shear, M Katherine ^b   Day, Nancy ^b   Beery, Laurel C ^b   Newsom, Jason T ^b   Jacobs, Selby ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER INCIDENCE; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; WIDOW;

EID: 0030910737     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.5.616     Document Type: Article

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