The epidemiology of posttraumatic stress disorder

Psychiatric Annals

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 326-334

  Johnson, Jennifer ^a   Maxwell, Andrea ^b   Galea, Sandro ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Institute for Social Research   (United States)

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EID: 77951102497     PISSN: 00485713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20090514-01     Document Type: Article

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