Smoking predicts posttraumatic stress symptoms among rescue workers: A prospective study of ambulance personnel involved in the Enschede Fireworks Disaster

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 94, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 267-271

  van der Velden, Peter G ^a   Kleber, Rolf J ^a,b   Koenen, Karestan C ^c  

^a Institute for Psychotrauma   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulance personnel; Disaster; Prediction; PTSD symptoms; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AMBULANCES; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESCUE WORK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 39149114748     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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