Psychological effects of the November 1999 earthquake in Turkey: An epidemiological study

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 232-238

  Kiliç, Cengiz ^a,c   Ulusoy, M ^b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Depression; Epidemiology; Natural disasters; Post traumatic stress disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; DEPRESSION; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TURKEY;

EID: 0043162122     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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