Trauma type, gender, and risk of PTSD in a region within an area of conflict

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 663-666

  Yasan, Aziz ^a   Saka, Gunay ^a   Ozkan, Mustafa ^a   Ertem, Meliksah ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIVIL DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; CIVIL DISORDERS; COMBAT DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749134908     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20459     Document Type: Conference Paper

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