Effects of the 2002 sniper attacks on the homeless population in Washington, DC

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-167

  Fullerton, Carol S ^a   Gifford, Robert K ^a   Flynn, Brian W ^a   Peterson, Karen M ^a   Ahearn, Frederick L ^b   Donaldson, Linda Plitt ^b   Ursano, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Homeless; Sniper; Terrorism; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73849115244     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 193844X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181aa2675     Document Type: Article

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