The Mental Health Consequences of Terrorism: Implications for Emergency Medicine Practitioners

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-147

  DiMaggio, Charles ^a   Madrid, Paula A ^a   Loo, George T ^a   Galea, Sandro ^b  

^a Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

mental health; post traumatic stress; terrorism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERRORISM;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE; TERRORISM;

EID: 47749123434     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.03.037     Document Type: Article

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