Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder among adult survivors three months after the Sichuan earthquake in China

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 444-450

  Li, Wang ^a   Yuqing, Zhang ^a   Wenzhong, Wang ^a   Zhanbiao, Shi ^a   Jianhua, Shen ^b   Ming, Li ^c   Yong, Xin ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; CHINA; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 74549225631     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20439     Document Type: Article

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