Psychiatric and physical health ramifications of traumatic events in women

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 711-734

  Gill, Jessica ^a   Page, Gayle ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

COMORBIDITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE'S ROLE; POVERTY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33746318109     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840600781121     Document Type: Review

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