Preventing post-traumatic stress disorder after mass exposure to violence

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 154-163

  Boris, Neil W ^a   Ou, Alan C ^b   Singh, Rohini ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Louisiana Office of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 24644499625     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2005.3.154     Document Type: Article

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