Disaster-related stress as a prospective risk factor for hypertension in parents of adolescent fire victims

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 410-417

  Dorn, Tina ^a   Yzermans, C Joris ^a   Guijt, Henk ^b   Van Der Zee, Jouke ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Medical Center Waterland Oost   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Burns; Disasters; Family practice; Hypertension; Life change events; Prospective studies; Stress, psychological

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FIRE; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; NATURAL DISASTER; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; FEMALE; FIRE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FIRES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND; VOLENDAM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846943688     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwk029     Document Type: Article

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