Posttraumatic stress in aging World War II survivors after a fireworks disaster: A controlled prospective study

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 291-300

  Bramsen, Inge ^a,b   Van Der Ploeg, Henk M ^a   Boers, Maarten ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WAR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EXPLOSION; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 33748869736     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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