Prospective study of post-traumatic stress disorder in children involved in road traffic accidents

British Medical Journal

Volumn 317, Issue 7173, 1998, Pages 1619-1623

  Stallard, Paul ^a   Velleman, Richard ^a   Baldwin, Sarah ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SPORT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032512255     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7173.1619     Document Type: Article

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