Differences in posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms between elderly non-Hispanic whites and African Americans

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 546-549

  Mainous III, Arch G ^a,b   Smith, Daniel W ^a,c   Acierno, Ron ^a,c   Geesey, Mark E ^a,b  

^a Department of Family Medicine ^*

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Elderly; PTSD symptoms; Whites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16244412338     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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