Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in hispanic immigrants after the September 11th attacks: Severity and relationship to previous traumatic exposure

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-72

  Pantin, Hilda M ^a   Schwartz, Seth J ^a   Prado, Guillermo ^a   Feaster, Daniel J ^a   Szapocznik, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanic immigrants; Previous traumatic exposure; PTSD; September 11th; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037262077     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986303251695     Document Type: Article

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