Impact of a technological disaster on young children:A five-year postdisaster multiinformant study

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 516-524

  Boer, Frits ^a   Smit, Cees ^b   Morren, Mattijn ^c   Roorda, Jan ^b   Yzermans, Joris ^c  

^a De Bascule   (Netherlands)

^b Youth Healthcare Services   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; FIRE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD REACTIVE DISORDERS; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISASTERS; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; FIRES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 72649106822     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20461     Document Type: Conference Paper

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