A longitudinal study of posttraumatic stress reactions in Norwegian children and adolescents exposed to the 2004 Tsunami

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 856-861

  Jensen, Tine K ^a,b   Dyb, Grete ^a,b   Nygaard, Egil ^a  

^a Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HOME MENTAL HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TSUNAMI; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIDAL WAVES; TRAVEL;

EID: 70349086993     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.151     Document Type: Article

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