Disaster-related posttraumatic stress disorder and physical health

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 435-440

  Dirkzwager, Anja J E ^a   Van Der Velden, Peter G ^b   Grievink, Linda ^c   Yzermans, C Joris ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for Psychotrauma   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Disaster; Physical health; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Prospective

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 34250846412     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318052e20a     Document Type: Article

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