Physiologic reactivity despite emotional resilience several years after direct exposure to terrorism

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 230-235

  Tucker, Phebe M ^a   Pfefferbaum, Betty ^b   North, Carol S ^b   Kent, Adrian ^b   Burgin, Christie E ^b   Parker, Don E ^b   Hossain, Akm ^b   Jeon Slaughter, Haekyung ^b   Trautman, Richard P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SURVIVOR; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OKLAHOMA; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TERRORISM;

EID: 33847291732     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.2007.164.2.230     Document Type: Article

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