Mixed lateral preference and peritraumatic reactions to the World Trade Center attacks

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 874-876

  Chemtob, Claude M ^a   Wang, Yanping ^a   Dugan, Kelly L ^a   Abramovitz, Robert ^a   Marmar, Charles ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed lateral preference; Peritraumatic reactions; PTSD; World Trade Center Attacks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; INJURY; MOTHER; TERRORISM; THREAT; TRAUMATIC SHOCK;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33750971439     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000243796.60915.9a     Document Type: Article

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