Pervasive trauma exposure among US sexual orientation minority adults and risk of posttraumatic stress disorder

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2433-2441

  Roberts, Andrea L ^a   Austin, S Bryn ^b   Corliss, Heather L ^b   Vandermorris, Ashley K ^c   Koenen, Karestan C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77955477136     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.168971     Document Type: Article

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