Impact of conjoined exposure to the world trade center attacks and to other traumatic events on the behavioral problems of preschool children

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-133

  Chemtob, Claude M ^a   Nomura, Yoko ^a   Abramovitz, Robert A ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 39049119449     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2007.36     Document Type: Article

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