Responses to traumatic stress among community residents exposed to a train collision

Stress Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-25

  Chung, Man Cheung ^a   Werrett, Julie ^a   Farmer, Steven ^b   Easthope, Yvette ^a   Chung, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community residents; Train collision; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAILWAY; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0033961943     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(200001)16:1<17::AID-SMI828>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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