Psychological consequences of a firework factory disaster in a local community

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 664-668

  Elklit, Ask ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Depression; Explosion disaster; Post traumatic stress disorder; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDIZATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENMARK; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 34547583504     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0206-z     Document Type: Article

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