Sex Differences in Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress: Does Culture Play a Role?

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-28

  Norris, Fran H ^a   Perilla, Julia L ^a   Ibañez, Gladys E ^a   Murphy, Arthur D ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Disaster; Sex differences in PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035613472     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007851413867     Document Type: Article

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