Prevalence of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in German professional firefighters

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1727-1732

  Wagner, Dieter ^a   Heinrichs, Markus ^a   Ehlert, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FIRE FIGHTER; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031766269     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.12.1727     Document Type: Article

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