Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder among health care workers in earthquake-affected areas in Southwest China

Psychological Reports

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 555-561

  Wang, Li ^a   Zhang, Jianxin ^a   Zho, Mingjie ^a   Shi, Zhanbiao ^a   Liu, Ping ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b People's Hospital of Deyang   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHINA; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BEREAVEMENT; CHINA; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952983396     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.106.2.555-561     Document Type: Article

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