Relationship of Self-Reported Asthma Severity and Urgent Health Care Utilization to Psychological Sequelae of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center among New York City Area Residents

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 993-996

  Fagan, Joanne ^a   Galea, Sandro ^a   Ahern, Jennifer ^a   Bonner, Sebastian ^a   Vlahov, David ^a  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Disaster; Mental health; Posttraumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISASTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347986763     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PSY.0000097334.48556.5F     Document Type: Article

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