The epidemiology of post-traumatic stress disorder after disasters

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue , 2005, Pages 78-91

  Galea, Sandro ^a,b   Nandi, Arijit ^a,c   Vlahov, David ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS;

HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 21244478638     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxi003     Document Type: Review

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