Persistent physiological reactivity in a pilot study of partners of firefighters after a terrorist attack

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-131

  Pfefferbaum, Betty ^a   Tucker, Phebe ^a   North, Carol S ^b   Jeon Slaughter, Haekyung ^a   Kent, Adrian T ^a   Schorr, John K ^c   Wilson, Teddy G ^d   Bunch, Kenneth ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Oklahoma City Fire Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Firefighter; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychophysiology; Rescue worker; Terrorism; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISASTER; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHOCK; TERRORISM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BEREAVEMENT; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; OKLAHOMA; PILOT PROJECTS; RESCUE WORK; SPOUSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 32944479982     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000199306.13184.c8     Document Type: Article

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