Effects of a large-scale industrial disaster on rates of symptoms consistent with posttraumatic stress disorders among schoolchildren in Toulouse

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 579-584

  Godeau, Emmanuelle ^a,b,c   Vignes, Céline ^a,b   Navarro, Félix ^a,c   Iachan, Ronaldo ^d   Ross, Jim ^d   Pasquier, Colin ^a   Guinard, Anne ^e  

^a Service Medical du Rectorat de Toulouse   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Association Pour le Développement d'HBSC   (France)

^d MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^e INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; FRANCE; HOUSING; INJURY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 20644436018     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.159.6.579     Document Type: Article

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