Earthquakes in El Salvador: A descriptive study of health concerns in a rural community and the clinical implications. Part III-mental health and psychosocial effects

Disaster Management and Response

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 40-45

  Woershing, Joanna C ^a   Snyder, Audrey E ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKE; EL SALVADOR; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISASTER PLANNING; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 2342579367     PISSN: 15402487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dmr.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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