Trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder: A study of youths in urban America

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 530-544

  Breslau, Naomi ^a   Wilcox, Holly C ^b   Storr, Carla L ^b   Lucia, Victoria C ^a   Anthony, James C ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Assaultive violence; PTSD; Urban youths

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISASTER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STAB WOUND; SUDDEN DEATH; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WITNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 7644232708     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jth138     Document Type: Article

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