Identification and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in rescue workers in the Marmara, Turkey, earthquake

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 485-489

  Cetin, Mesut ^a   Kose, Samet ^b,d   Ebrinc, Servet ^a   Yigit, Suat ^a   Elhai, Jon D ^c   Basoglu, Cengiz ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VICTIM; DISASTER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NATURAL DISASTERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESCUE WORK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TURKEY;

EID: 33749170516     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20056     Document Type: Article

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