Post-traumatic stress disorder in pre-school aged children after a gas explosion

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 161, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 643-648

  Ohmi, Hiroki ^a   Kojima, Sayoko ^b   Awai, Yoshitomi ^b   Kamata, Shunsuke ^c   Sasaki, Kazuhiro ^c   Tanaka, Yasuo ^d   Mochizuki, Yoshikatsu ^e   Hirooka, Kenzou ^e   Hata, Akira ^e  

^a Hokkaido Government   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Government   (Japan)

^c Shibetsu Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^d Midorigaoka Hospital   (Japan)

^e ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; Post traumatic stress disorder; Pre school aged children

Indexed keywords

LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS;

ACCIDENT; AGGRESSION; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPLOSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NIGHTMARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WALKING; SYMPTOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0036449398     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-002-1061-2     Document Type: Article

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