Ageing and psychological response during the post-SARS period

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-311

  Lee, T M C ^a   Chi, I ^a,b   Chung, L W M ^a   Chou, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERAROUSAL; INTRUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33745727946     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860600638545     Document Type: Article

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