Posttraumatic stress disorder in the general population after mass terrorist incidents: Considerations about the nature of exposure

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-115

  Galea, Sandro ^a   Resnick, Heidi ^b  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; POPULATION RISK; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM;

EID: 14744279454     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900019441     Document Type: Review

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