PTSD and depression among displaced Chinese workers after the World Trade Center attack: A follow-up study

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 364-369

  De Bocanegra, Heike Thiel ^a,d   Moskalenko, Sophia ^b   Chan, Priscilla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Chinese American Planning Council   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese American; Depression; New York; PTSD; Terrorism; WTC attacks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TERRORISM; TIME; WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 23944445068     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jti074     Document Type: Article

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