Perceived stress among a workforce 6 months following hurricane Katrina

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1005-1011

  Leon, Kyla A ^a   Hyre, Amanda D ^a   Ompad, Danielle ^b   DeSalvo, Karen B ^a,c   Muntner, Paul ^a,c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane Katrina; Perceived stress; Symptoms of PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DISASTER; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HURRICANE; LIFE STRESS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 37049010132     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0260-6     Document Type: Article

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