The impact of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and aftermath on the incidence of recurrent abdominal pain syndrome in children

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-277

  Gobble, Ryan ^a   Swenny, Cheryl ^b   Fishbein, Mark ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cheryl Swenny and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT ABDOMINAL PAIN SYNDROME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIZATION; TERRORISM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AIRCRAFT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; RECURRENCE; TERRORISM;

EID: 4143057966     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280404300309     Document Type: Article

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