Psychological and behavioural reactions to the bombings in London on 7 July 2005: Cross sectional survey of a representative sample of Londoners

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7517, 2005, Pages 606-611

  Rubin, G James ^a   Brewin, Chris R ^b   Greenberg, Neil ^a   Simpson, John ^c   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; CRIME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERRORISM; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERRORISM; TRAVEL;

EID: 24944485122     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38583.728484.3A     Document Type: Article

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