Mental health in Sumatra after the tsunami

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1671-1677

  Frankenberg, Elizabeth ^a   Friedman, Jed ^b   Gillespie, Thomas ^c   Ingwersen, Nicholas ^b   Pynoos, Robert ^b   Rifai, Iip Umar ^d   Sikoki, Bondan ^d   Steinberg, Alan ^c   Sumantri, Cecep ^d   Suriastini, Wayan ^d   Thomas, Duncan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SurveyMETER   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; TSUNAMI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISASTERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 51549101459     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.120915     Document Type: Article

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