Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms of children following the occurrence of tehran city park disaster

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 181-186

  Mirzamani, Mahmoud ^a   Reza Mohammadi, Mohammad ^b   Ali Besharat, Mohammad ^c  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Disaster; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747505053     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.140.3.181-186     Document Type: Article

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