Psychological consequences of the bam earthquake on professional and nonprofessional helpers

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 477-483

  Hagh Shenas, Hassan ^a,c   Goodarzi, Mohammad Ali ^b   Dehbozorgi, Gholamreza ^a   Farashbandi, Hassan ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RED CROSS; RESCUE PERSONNEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; FEMALE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESCUE WORK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 33749163718     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20055     Document Type: Article

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