Psychological distress among adolescents in Chengdu, Sichuan at 1 month after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 504-523

  Lau, Joseph T F ^a   Yu, Xiaonan ^a   Zhang, Jianxin ^a,b   Mak, Winnie W S ^c   Choi, Kai Chow ^a   Lui, Wacy W S ^d   Chan, Emily Y Y ^c  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Depression; Disaster; Earthquake; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954686951     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-010-9447-3     Document Type: Article

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