Psychological typhoon eye in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Li, Shu ^a   Rao, Li Lin ^a   Ren, Xiao Peng ^a   Bai, Xin Wen ^a   Zheng, Rui ^a   Li, Jin Zhen ^a   Wang, Zuo Jun ^a   Liu, Huan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NATURAL DISASTER; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63349094656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004964     Document Type: Article

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