Vulnerability to posttraumatic stress disorder in adult offspring of Holocaust survivors

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1163-1171

  Yehuda, Rachel ^a   Schmeidler, James ^a   Wainberg, Milton ^a   Binder Brynes, Karen ^a   Duvdevani, Tamar ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; STRESS;

EID: 0031665942     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.9.1163     Document Type: Article

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