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Stress Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 143-148

  Carlier, V E ^a   Lamberts, Regina D ^a   Van Uchelen, Annephine J ^a   Gersons, Berthold P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crisis intervention; Debriefing; Disaster; Plane crash; Police; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RECALL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME;

EID: 0031847655     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1700(199807)14:3<143::aid-smi770>3.0.co;2-s     Document Type: Article

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