Gender and age differences in posttraumatic stress disorder and depression among buffalo police officers

Traumatology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 220-228

  Darensburg, Tahera ^a,b   Andrew, Michael E ^b   Hartley, Tara A ^b   Burchfiel, Cecil M ^b   Fekedulegn, Desta ^b   Violanti, John M ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Epidemiology; Occupation; Police; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Risk factors; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 51449086750     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765606296271     Document Type: Article

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