Psychological distress following urban Earthquakes in California

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-90

  Bourque, Linda B ^a   Siegel, Judith M ^b   Shoaf, Kimberley I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Community Health Sciences and Associate Dean School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

earthquake; heart disease; Northridge; post traumatic stress disorder; psychological morbidity; research; response; service utilization; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL DISASTERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0036527578     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00000224     Document Type: Article

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