Risk factors predict post-traumatic stress disorder differently in men and women

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Christiansen, Dorte M ^a   Elklit, Ask ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAUMATIC SHOCK;

EID: 58049142327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-7-24     Document Type: Article

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