Exposure, avoidance, and PTSD among hurricane katrina evacuees

Traumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 10-19

  Sprang, Ginny ^a   LaJoie, A Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disasters; Exposure; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 70049105707     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765609331607     Document Type: Article

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