Post traumatic stress disorder in armed robbery victims and ex-prisoners of war

Studia Psychologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-143

  Bobić, Jasminka ^a   Pavičevič, Lukrecija ^b   Gomzi, Milka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^b Croatia Airlines   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Armed robbery; Post traumatic stress disorder; Prisoners of war; PTSD; Trauma victims

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547215764     PISSN: 00393320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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