Traumatic experiencing and post traumatic psychological symptoms in South African University students

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 280-283

  Peltzer, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS;

EID: 0032200425     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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