Posttraumatic stress symptoms, intrusive thoughts, loss, and immune function after Hurricane Andrew

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 128-141

  Ironson, Gail ^a,b   Wynings, Christina ^a   Schneiderman, Neil ^a,b,c   Baum, Andrew ^d   Rodriguez, Mario ^a,d   Greenwood, Debra ^a,b   Benight, Charles ^a   Antoni, Michael ^a,b   Laperriere, Arthur ^b   Huang, Hui Sheng ^c   Klimas, Nancy ^a,c   Fletcher, Mary Ann ^a,c  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; disaster; hurricane; immunity; posttraumatic stress disorder; stress

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POKEWEED MITOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030935058     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199703000-00003     Document Type: Article

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