Short communication: The psychological burden experienced by Hong Kong midlife women during the SARS epidemic

Stress and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-184

  Yu, Ho Yan Ruby ^a   Ho, Suzanne C ^a   So, Kam Fung Edwin ^a   Lo, Yin Lucy ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Depression; Financial strains; Midlife women; SARS; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PANIC; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; TELEPHONE;

EID: 24644476651     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1051     Document Type: Article

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