The Oklahoma City bombing study and methodological issues in longitudinal disaster mental health research

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 27-35

  North, Carol S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Methodology; Oklahoma City bombing; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISASTER; EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; EXPLOSIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; OKLAHOMA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TERRORISM;

EID: 27944478220     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J229v06n02_04     Document Type: Article

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