Children's responses to a nuclear waste disaster: PTSD symptoms and outcome prediction

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 368-375

  Korol, Mindy ^a   Green, Bonnie L ^b   Gleser, Goldine C ^c  

^a Mount Saint Mary's College   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Toxic waste

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR WASTE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0033039109     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199904000-00008     Document Type: Article

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