Traumatic impact of a fire disaster on survivors - A 25-year follow-up of the 1978 hotel fire in Borås, Sweden

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 479-485

  Lundin, Tom ^a   Jansson, Lennart ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Fire disaster; Follow up study; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIRE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER BIAS; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SURVIVOR; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FIRES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 38849168205     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480701773329     Document Type: Article

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