Post-traumatic stress disorder among survivors of Bam earthquake 40 days after the event

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Hagh Shenas, H ^a   Goodarzi, M A ^b   Farajpoor, M ^c   Zamyad, A ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISASTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; IRAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL DISASTERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33845967864     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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