Psychiatric disorders among adults seeking emergency disaster assistance after a wildland-urban interface fire

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 509-514

  Marshall, Grant N ^a   Schell, Terry L ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^a   Rayburn, Nadine R ^a   Jaycox, Lisa H ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FIRE PROTECTION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 34247365671     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2007.58.4.509     Document Type: Article

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