The Göteborg discothèque fire, 1998

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 449-457

  Dyregrov, Atle ^a   Frykholm, Ann Margret ^b   Lilled, Lars ^b   Broberg, Anders G ^c   Holmberg, Ingvar ^d  

^a Center for Crisis Psychology   (Norway)

^b City Office   (Sweden)

^c QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Birleson Depression Self Rating Scale; Disaster; Impact of Event Scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FIRE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; SANITATION; SEX RATIO; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC FACILITIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 0348217840     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-9450.2003.00366.x     Document Type: Review

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