War-related psychological sequelae among emergency department patients in the former Republic of Yugoslavia

BMC Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Nelson, Brett D ^a   Fernandez, William G ^b,c   Galea, Sandro ^d   Sisco, Sarah ^d   Dierberg, Kerry ^a   Gorgieva, Gordana Subaric ^e   Nandi, Arijit K ^d   Ahern, Jennifer ^d   Mitrović, Mihajlo ^f   VanRooyen, Michael ^a   Vlahov, David ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Laplje Selo District Hospital   (Serbia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOM; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WAR; YUGOSLAVIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 4243134953     PISSN: 17417015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-2-22     Document Type: Article

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