Psychological and health problems in a geographically proximate population time-sampled continuously for three months after the September 11th, 2001 terrorist incidents

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-146

  Ford, Julian D ^a,d   Adams, Mary L ^b   Dailey, Wayne F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b On Target Health Data LLC   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MC1410 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Epidemiology; Stress; Substance use; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34248562234     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800701303215     Document Type: Review

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