Predicting posttraumatic stress symptoms in children after road traffic accidents

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1276-1283

  Landolt, Markus A ^a   Vollrath, Margarete ^b   Timm, Karin ^c   Gnehm, Hanspeter E ^d   Sennhauser, Felix H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c Ostschweizer Children's Hospital   (Switzerland)

^d Children's Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Injury; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Road traffic accident

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

EID: 27944474735     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000181045.13960.67     Document Type: Article

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