Life events and posttraumatic stress in Hanshin-Awaji earthquake victims

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 97-103

  Kwon, Young Sook ^a   Maruyama, Soichiro ^a,b   Morimoto, Kanehisa ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Kobe Shinwa Women's University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emotional support; Life events; Mental health; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 0034884602     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.2001.97     Document Type: Article

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