Auditory startle response in firefighters before and after trauma exposure

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 283-290

  Guthrie, Rachel M ^a   Bryant, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EYELID REFLEX; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BLINKING; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FIRES; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 13444311606     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.2.283     Document Type: Article

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