"None of us will ever be the same again": Reactions of american midlife women to 9/11

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 853-867

  Thomas, Sandra P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALERTNESS; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PROGENY; SAMPLING; SCALE UP; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TENNESSEE; TERRORISM; WOMEN;

EID: 0345119084     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330390244266     Document Type: Article

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