PTSD symptoms in children and adolescents 28 months after a flood: Age and gender differences

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 347-351

  Bokszczanin, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOODING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POLAND; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; POLAND; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 34447557680     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20220     Document Type: Article

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