Elevated heart rate as a predictor of PTSD six months following accidental pediatric injury

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 751-756

  De Young, Alexandra C ^a   Kenardy, Justin A ^a   Spence, Susan H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PEDIATRICS; QUEENSLAND; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 36349027120     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20235     Document Type: Article

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